Presidential hopefuls voted on Sunday in elections for a new president and parliament in a contest expected to favor the hard right as candidates play on popular fears over organized crime and immigration in Chile.

It’s the first of what’s likely to be two rounds of presidential elections in the South American country, as polls show none of the candidates clearing the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff scheduled for Dec. 14.

On the surface, Sunday’s election offers Chileans a dramatic choice between two extremes: Jeannette Jara, 51, a card-carrying communist and former labor minister in the left-wing government, and, among other right-wing contenders, José Antonio Kast, 59, an ultraconservative lawyer and former lawmaker who opposes abortion and vows to shrink the state.

Polling behind Jara and Kast in the eight-candidate field are Johannes Kaiser, 49, a radical libertarian congressman and YouTuber, and Evelyn Matthei, 72, a veteran center-right politician.

But with voters anxious about a rise in gang-driven crime that they blame on a recent surge of illegal immigration from crisis-stricken Venezuela, the campaign has steered the starkly opposed front-runners toward the shared theme of public insecurity.

Chile will also renew the entire lower house of Congress and part of the Senate on Sunday.

The country has 15.7 million eligible voters, of whom over 800,000 are immigrants with residency of five years or more and are exempt from mandatory voting.

Polls show that foreigners overwhelmingly favor the right — especially Venezuelans who fled their repressive socialist government.

But some immigrants have qualms this time about supporting a candidate who vows to round up and deport their compatriots.

Polls opened at 8 a.m. and close at 6 p.m., with results expected throughout the night.

AP video by Mauricio Cuevas and Alexandre Plaza.