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José Antonio Kast Advances to the Second Round of the Presidential Election, Defeating Kaiser and Matthei in the "Right-Wing Primary"

Summary by CNN Chile
This is the second time he has advanced to the second round. In the 2021 election, Kast obtained 27.91% of the vote in the first round; while in the runoff he received 3,650,662 votes (44.14%), versus Gabriel Boric's 4,621,231 votes (55.87%).

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Center

The results could be insufficient to allow the left-wing coalition to retain the Palais de la Moneda: the voters of the populist Parisi (19.71%), the pinochettiste Kaiser (13.94%) or the centre-right Matthei (12.46%) could give Kast a comfortable final victory.

·France
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Center

By Cristopher Ulloa, CNN en Español. “The third time’s the charm,” said lawyer and far-right presidential candidate José Antonio Kast on Monday at his campaign closing rally in Santiago. There, he affirmed that he would “restore Chile’s greatness” and that this time he would win the presidential elections, unlike the last elections in 2021, where he lost to Gabriel Boric (progressive left), and in 2017 to Sebastián Piñera (traditional right). Th…

·Colorado Springs, United States
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Lean Left

The right-wing candidate said that security, economics and health require urgent action, and called for unity in the final straight towards the December 14 balotage.

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Lean Left

José Antonio Kast (Santiago, 59) is preparing to complete his third attempt to reach the presidential chair of the palace of La Moneda after his campaigns of 2017 and 2021. The Republican Party candidate, who is also supported by the Christian Social Party, will be the one who faces Jeannette Jara, the flagwoman of the ruling party and who has passed to the second round as a leader.

·Spain
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Lean Right

From the headquarters of Enrique Foster de Las Condes, Chilean candidate Vamos, Amarillos and Democrats, Evelyn Matthei, acknowledged his defeat and announced that he will address the command of candidate José Antonio Kast. The Republican went to the second round with the official flagman, Jeannette Jara“Now we are going to the command of José Antonio Kast to congratulate him accordingly. That’s what is right. And what we all need to worry about…

·Chile
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Chile will return to the polls in a second round on December 14, after leftist Jeannette Jara and ultra-rightist José Antonio Kast will be the winners in the elections on Sunday, November 16. Chile: Jeannette Jara and José Antonio Kast will face up to the balloting. Photo: Networks According to the data provided by the Chilean Electoral Service, Jara obtained 26.7% of the votes against 24% of Kast. International media indicated that the result i…

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El Debate broke the news in on Sunday, November 16, 2025.
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