US EditionChile Runoff to Pit Communist Candidate Against Far-Right
- On Sunday, Chile's first‑round vote produced no outright winner, sending the presidential election to a December run‑off between Jeannette Jara, Communist Party candidate, and far‑right candidate José Antonio Kast.
- A divided right‑wing field helped shape the outcome, as several right‑wing candidates split conservative support and automatic voter registration and compulsory voting changed turnout.
- José Antonio Kast presents himself with hardline immigration and security plans, including a `border wall`, deportations, and new prisons, while Jara, a Communist Party member and former minister, proposes boosting lithium, raising wages, and deploying the army to borders.
- The outcome could directly affect at least 330,000 undocumented migrants, with the National Migration Service reaching more than 1.9 million people, as Chilean voters face the decisive run‑off.
- Chile's growing foreign population has made migration central to the contest, as the runoff’s ideological clash on immigration and security could reshape Chile’s appeal to migrants and its policies.
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In the first round the left-wing candidate Jara is just ahead. But in the final election her conservative competitor Kast is the clear favourite. This would mean a right turn.
Jara and Kast advance to Chile's presidential runoff
Chile will head to a presidential runoff election on Dec. after leftist candidate Jeannette Jara edged conservative José Antonio Kast to secure the top two spots in Sunday's general election. The winner will succeed Gabriel Boric Font.
Chile Faces Left–Right Showdown After Crime-Focused Election
Leftist candidate Jeannette Jara and right-wing leader José Antonio Kast will face each other in Chile’s presidential run-off after finishing first and second in a crime-dominated election. Jara won 26.85%, narrowly ahead of Kast’s 23.93%, but analysts say the opposition’s combined vote makes her path to victory difficult. Kast surged by promising a hard line against crime and migration, vowing to secure Chile’s borders and “rebuild” the country…
The candidate of the left coalition, Jeannette Jara, came in the lead on Sunday, 16 November, in the presidential election. She will be opposed on 14 December to José Antonio Kast, leader of the far right in a favorable position in a political landscape that has largely been right.
In Chile, in the presidential elections held on 16 November, no candidate was able to obtain more than 50 per cent of the votes required to win the first round.
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