It was with a support of almost 80 percent that Chilean residents in October last year voted through a proposal to introduce a new constitution.
The referendum, which took place a year after large and violent demonstrations shook the country, was an opening to tear up the constitution adopted under Augusto Pinochet's rule in 1980, and replace it with a new one.
Today, Saturday, and tomorrow Sunday, a delegation of 155 people will be voted on, whose task will be to work out a proposal for the new constitution.
- It's a crucial moment.
Much like when women got the right to vote, Antonia Orellana, 31, who is running as a candidate in the capital Santiago, told The Guardian.
Equal distribution of women and men
More than 1,200 candidates have stood in the election.
These include everything from academics, politicians, lawyers and journalists to models and actors.
The final delegation will consist of half men and half women.
17 of the sites have also been earmarked for representatives of Chile's indigenous peoples.
The system is also based on a proportionate division of groups of independents and people with the support of political parties.
The delegation then has twelve months to prepare a draft constitution which will form the basis for a final vote.
If that fails, the country will return to the current constitution.
"Is about the distribution of power"
The referendum was a blow to Chile's economic and political elite.
Chile has the largest economic inequality in the OECD and one percent of the country's population is estimated to own more than a third of its assets.
This weekend's election is therefore considered a crucial turning point for the country's equality and a catalyst for women's rights in Chile, which has long had one of the world's toughest abortion laws.
- It is about the distribution of power rather than a binary interpretation of men and women, says law professor Amaya Alvez, who is also a candidate in the election, to The Guardian.