Leftist candidate Gabriel Boric has won Chile’s presidential election after an early concession from his far-right rival, José Antonio Kast.
MrKast conceded defeat barely an hour and a half after polls closed, and with around half of ballots counted.
With most of the votes counted, Mr Boric won with 56% and MrKast trailed with 44% of the votes.
The election has been one of the most polarised in recent decades and comes after mass anti-government protests.
Both candidates offered starkly different visions for the country, and both are outsiders representing political parties that have never been in government.
At 35-years-old, Mr Boric will become one of the world’s youngest political leaders, and the youngest president in Chile’s history.
Once the most stable economy in Latin America, Chile has one of the world’s largest income gaps, with one percent of the population owning 25% of the country’s wealth, according to the United Nations.
Mr Boric has promised to address this inequality by reforming Chile’s pension and healthcare systems, reducing the work week from 45 to 40 hours, and boosting green investment.
