Right-wing parties secure majority in Chile's constitutional drafting vote.

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Right-wing parties secure majority in Chile's constitutional drafting vote.
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Chilean right-wing parties have won a majority of votes to elect advisers to draft a new constitution, marking a sharp shift from a progressive majority that drafted a failed first constitutional rewrite. The Republican Party secured nearly 35% of the vote, while President Gabriel Boric's left-wing coalition garnered about 29%. The constitutional advisers elected on Sunday will start drawing up a new constitution in June based on a draft compiled by 24 constitutional experts appointed by Congress in March. Voters will then approve or reject the new proposal in December.

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