US EditionChilean leftist Jara narrowly leads far-right's Kast in first round presidential vote
- On Sunday, governing coalition candidate Jeannette Jara led early returns with 26.2% to José Antonio Kast's 24.9%, setting a runoff for December 14.
- Amid worries about crime and immigration, José Antonio Kast built his campaign on strict measures like border walls and expulsions, fueling turnout among voters concerned about safety.
- Jara, 51, who served under President Gabriel Boric, has pushed pension reform and a minimum wage increase but faces criticism over an unemployment rate at 8.5% while proposing lifting banking secrecy to fight organized crime.
- All 155 lower-house seats and 23 Senate seats are on the ballot, with pollsters favoring a right-wing victory that could give right-wing forces control of both Congress and the presidency.
- The result echoes a rightward tilt across Latin America, with Jara potentially becoming the first Communist Party candidate to reach a runoff, amid previous 15% abstention.
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In the presidential election the most voted were Jeannette Jara and Antonio Kast, who took 3 points less but still favored
The presidential elections in Chile resulted in a second round, scheduled for December 14. The candidates who advanced are Jeanette Jara, who represents the ruling coalition of current President Gabriel Boric, and José Antonio Kast, of the Republican Party. This last part as a favorite to stay with the presidency, since among all the candidates on the right they added more than 50% of the votes. Read more]]>
Jeannette Jara, the candidate of the left, won the first round, but she cut off surprisingly weakly. A victory of José Antonio Kast from the right camp seems likely at the moment.
The definition of who will head the presidency of Chile for the period 2026-2030 will have to wait a month, but from this Sunday night some signs indicate which candidate starts the race most strongly towards the second round of December 14. Jeannette Jara, an official candidate, a member of the Communist Party and a standard-bearer of the Unidad pact for Chile, and José Antonio Kast, an opponent and founder of the Republican Party, will advance…
The Chilean elections of this Sunday have fulfilled the established script. No candidate has reached the 50% necessary to win in the first instance and the Chileans will go to a second round—or ballotage—within a month. There they will face the two most voted in the elections this Sunday: left-wing official Jannette Jara, who has received 26.8% of the votes, and José Antonio Kast, who with 24% of the support has been the great winner of the para…
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