After the previous 2017 Chilean general election in November and December, different polling companies published surveys that tracked voting intention for the 2021 Chilean general election, especially the presidential election. Outgoing president Sebastián Piñera was not eligible for reelection.
Official primaries were held on 18 July where two coalitions, left-wing Apruebo Dignidad and right-wing Chile Vamos, chose their respective presidential candidates Gabriel Boric and Sebastián Sichel. Centre-left coalition New Social Pact held their own primary on 21 August 2021 where they selected Yasna Provoste as their official candidate. Other candidates were José Antonio Kast of the Christian Social Front coalition, Franco Parisi of the Party of the People, Marco Enríquez-Ominami of the Progressive Party, and Eduardo Artés of the Patriotic Union.
The first round of the election took place on 21 November 2021. Since no candidate alone received more than 50% of the votes, a runoff took place on 19 December 2021 between Gabriel Boric and José Antonio Kast. Boric won the runoff with 55.87% of the vote and will assume office on 11 March 2022.
First round After official registration of candidates Results considering only official candidates (excluding "Other", "Don't know", "Do not vote", etc.) and general voters, excluding polls showing likely voters or non-national samples.
Fieldwork dates Polling firm Type of poll Others/None ArtésUPa BoricAD M. E-OPRO ProvosteNPS ParisiPDG SichelChP+ KastFSC 20 Nov 2021 Cadem Base 100. Online panel. 2 27 5 11 13 14 29 — 16–19 Nov 2021 Cadem Base 100 1 27 9 11 12 13 27 — 5–6 Nov 2021 AtlasIntel 2.8 21.9 6.2 9.2 11.4 11.7 27.2 9.7 2–5 Nov 2021 Activa 1.9 17.7 3.9 10.9 7.3 8.2 21.7 28.4 Likely voter (51.6%) 1.9 23.7 4.5 13.5 9.9 11.3 27.3 7.9 2–4 Nov 2021 Cadem 2 19 5 9 10 8 25 22 2–3 Nov 2021 UDD 2 22 5 10 10 9 25 17 1–2 Nov 2021 AtlasIntel 2.5 21.4 4.2 12.2 10.1 9.2 31.0 9.4 29 Oct–2 Nov 2021 Criteria 224 6 9 8 8 23 19 Likely voter (51%) 234 4 12 8 8 28 4 Likely voter (41%) 235 4 11 10 6 29 3 29 Oct–2 Nov 2021 Feedback Likely voter (48%) 1 30 2 9 4 11 36 7 26–31 Oct 2021 Studio Público 1.9 27.6 4.7 11.4 5.9 10.5 37.9 — 29 Oct 2021 Tú Influyes 232 4 13 8 9 27 5 27–29 Oct 2021 Cadem 1 19 4 11 7 8 24 26 25–29 Oct 2021 Activa Likely voter (50.8%) 2.6 25 5.1 12.1 10.6 9.1 26.5 9 1.6 17.4 4.8 9.5 7.3 6.9 22.2 30.3 20–26 Oct 2021 La Cosa Nostra 2 36 4 14 5 11 30 — 20–22 Oct 2021 Cadem 1 20 5 12 6 7 23 26 18–22 Oct 2021 Criteria Likely voter 2.0 30.8 3.5 10.9 7.7 8.1 27.7 9.3 12–15 Oct 2021 Activa Likely voter (50.9%) 2.431.3 3.7 16.5 6.9 8.9 20.2 10.11.621.33.413.15.07.516.3 31.8 13–14 Oct 2021 Cadem 3 20 4 12 6 7 21 27 6–8 Oct 2021 Cadem 121 4 13 6 10 18 27 5–7 Oct 2021 UDD 224 4 10 6 14 19 21 1–5 Oct 2021 Criteria Open-ended 126 3 11 5 15 17 20 1–4 Oct 2021 Tú Influyes 3.125.7 3.7 11.5 4.9 12.1 16.1 22.9 29 Sept–1 Oct 2021 Cadem 122 5 12 5 12 15 28 27 Sept–1 Oct 2021Activa Likely voter (48.4%) 1.829.7 3.111.2 7.6 15.3 17.2 14.11.419.82.78.65.712.514.035.3 23–24 Sept 2021 Cadem 223 4 10 5 17 13 26 20–21 Sept 2021Black & White 129 — 14 7 24 16 9 15–16 Sept 2021 Feedback Likely voter (56%) 234 1 7 4 27 16 9 227 2 9 7 23 19 11 14–16 Sept 2021 Cadem 125 5 9 6 17 10 27 6–14 Sept 2021La Cosa Nostra 336 3 15 5 27 12 — 7–13 Sept 2021 Activa Likely voter (54.3%) 2.528.0 — 11.9 10.9 17.5 14.0 15.2 1.719.9 — 9.9 7.0 11.8 8.7 41.0 8–10 Sept 2021 Cadem 022 3 10 8 19 9 29 3–6 Sept 2021Tú Influyes 1.526.5 2.6 11.3 5.5 17.8 10.9 24.01–3 Sept 2021Cadem 023 2 12 7 19 12 25 27–31 Aug 2021Criteria Open-ended 125 1 12 6 19 8 28 26–27 Aug 2021Cadem 120 3 13 720 10 26 24–27 Aug 2021Activa Likely voter (51.9%) 1.223.4 3.6 12.3 8.8 14.0 8.9 27.90.716.43.611.36.111.56.344.1 24–25 Aug 2021Black & White 1 22 3 12 826 15 13 24–25 Aug 2021UDD 1.421.8 4.1 12.9 7.7 20.0 10.7 21.4
Regional polls Fieldwork dates Polling firm Region Others/None ArtésUPa BoricAD M. E-OPRO ProvosteNPS ParisiPDG SichelChP+ KastFSC 1 Oct-4 Nov 2021IPP UCN Antofagasta 0 11 512 10 1 9 52 24-28 Oct 2021Go People Santiago 1.719.1 8.8 8.6 3.6 7.2 17.3 33.8 23-24 Sept 2021UDD Santiago 326 4 9 4 16 12 26
Before official registration of candidates Graph includes results considering main candidates in polls of general voters (excluding regional polls or with only likely voters). "Other", "Don't know", "Do not vote" or similar options are not included. Average of polls every 14 days.
For this table, the candidates shown are those that have at least one poll with more than 5% of the votes or have been chosen as representative of an official party as their presidential candidate for primaries or the first round.