Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has won a return to office in a second round of presidential elections. Bachelet defeated her right-wing challenger in Sunday’s runoff with 62 percent of the vote.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet: “The victory in this round isn’t one person. It’s a collective dream that triumphs. It’s your voices that we heard throughout all of Chile during these months that has won. It’s the voice of the citizens who have marched in the streets for years expressing their demands with courage and who have set ambitions and a path for our country.”

Bachelet served from 2006 to 2010 as Chile’s first female president. She ran this time on a platform of tackling income inequality and reforming a constitution dating back to the regime of General Augusto Pinochet, when she herself was a political prisoner. Her campaign pledges include a hike in corporate taxes from 20 to 25 percent and the eventual transition to free higher education. Bachelet will take office in March.