Chilean general election 2021

From student protest leader to Chile's president

At the age of 35, Gabriel Boric has become the youngest ever president of a deeply polarised country.

The bouncing green light did not seem to faze Gabriel Boric as he spoke to supporters in Santiago.

The election, set to be the most polarised in decades, pits a far-right candidate against a leftist.

Voters speak of the divisions as an ultra-conservative and a left-winger battle it out.

Voters will have to choose between far-right candidate José Antonio Kast and left-winger Gabriel Boric.

It is being billed as the most polarising election in decades and comes after divisive mass protests.