The Chilean Presidential election of 2014 was held on January 19 and February 16, 2014 to elect the President of Chile, who will be inaugurated with a Cabinet of his choice on April 10 along with the Congress elected on January 16, as Constitutionally mandated. The election was notable for being the first held after the coalition realignments of 2011-2012, in which the PDS formed the Social Democratic Alliance along with the environmentalist Preservation Party, and with the defection of the PDC and PN from the National Democratic Confederation to form their own coalition, the Alliance for Chile. Party and coalition primaries and conventions was held during the fall of 2013 to select and nominate candidates for the election.