This marked a sharp shift from a left-wing majority that freely drafted a rejected first constitutional rewrite in 2021 and was described as a political loss for President Gabriel Boric.

Independent Democratic Union politician Hernán Larraín, who previously supported the Pinochet dictatorship was chosen to head the Council of Experts to draft the new constitution.

As in the previous constituent body, there will be additional seats reserved for indigenous peoples, but this time they will be based on their percentage of votes, and not according to a number set in advance by ethnic group.

There is also gender parity required, in which the lists presented by the parties alternate male and female candidates, with measures in place to adjust should the election result in an imbalance (the final chamber must contain 25 men and 25 women).

This marked a sharp shift from a left-wing majority that freely drafted a rejected first constitutional rewrite in 2021,[5] and reflected disillusionment with the government of President Gabriel Boric, whose approval rating stood at under 35%.

According to the BBC, "analysts say the new body will now face an uphill struggle to reconcile the ideas of its conservative majority with the clamour for change which triggered the process in the first place.

"[25]A number of "historic" Party for Democracy militants expressed their belief that running on separate lists from the left was a mistake since the centrist Todo por Chile did not gain a single councillor despite obtaining 9% of the vote.

[30] Silva, the Republican Party’s most-voted candidate, told Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman that they never wanted to replace the dictatorship-era constitution of Augusto Pinochet, stating "It’s our starting point.

"[5] Republican Party leader José Antonio Kast, who lost to president Boric in the 2021 general election, held a victory speech in Santiago; "Today is the first day of a better future, a new start for Chile.

[30] The house of the farmer Héctor Urban in Ercilla, Araucanía Region, was attacked with gunfire following his election as Constitutional Council member.