⁍ Chileans turned out in record numbers on Sunday to vote on whether to tear up the country’s Pinochet-era constitution.

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⁍ Key demand of fierce anti-government protests that erupted last year.

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⁍ More than 14.8 million people are eligible to vote up and down the long thin country.

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– A year after mass protests forced the resignation of President Sebastian Pinera, Chileans are being asked to vote on whether to tear up the country’s 30-year-old constitution, which was drafted by Augusto Pinochet’s advisers, and replace it with a new one drafted by citizens. Turnout is expected to be high, with turnout reaching at least 49%—the highest since voting began in 2012, Reuters reports. “Today, people have heard the call of history,” says an official. “I think we could see turnout of around 55 to 58%,” says a political scientist at Chile’s Diego Portales University. “The more people who vote, the more legitimate and overwhelming the result.” The current constitution was drafted by Pinochet’s close adviser Jaime Guzman in 1980, and has only been tweaked by successive governments to reduce military and executive power. The winning camp needs a simple majority to approve a new constitution, and opinion polls suggest a new charter will be approved by a significant margin. Unofficial results from votes cast by 5,208 Chileans living in Europe and Asia, tallied by Diego Portales University, show more than 87% voted in favor of a new constitution. The country’s current constitution was drafted by dictator Augusto Pinochet’s close adviser Jaime Guzman in 1980, and has only been tweaked by successive governments to reduce military and executive power.