US EditionPhotos of Voters Taking Part in Chile's Runoff Presidential Election
The runoff pits social reform proposals against security-focused policies amid voter frustration with crime, migration, and economic issues, with polls showing Kast leading before voting.
- On December 14, Chileans are voting in a runoff to succeed Gabriel Boric, with Jeannette Jara, former labor minister and Unity for Chile-backed candidate, facing José Antonio Kast, founder of the Republican Party.
- A string of failed constitutional bids reshaped voter priorities after the 2019 unrest, as two failed constitutional rewrite efforts left voters skeptical and focused on order-first concerns.
- First-Round tallies show Jeannette Jara led with about 26.8% of valid votes while José Antonio Kast followed with roughly 23.9%, and late-November polling including an AtlasIntel survey for Bloomberg of 9,012 respondents showed Kast ahead before the vote-intention polling blackout.
- Security concerns have centralized the debate as José Antonio Kast, Republican Party candidate, proposes tougher policing, tighter borders and expanded prisons, while Jeannette Jara, Unity for Chile-backed candidate, advocates a stronger social floor, a 40-hour workweek and a 750,000-peso minimum wage.
- Next year, the winner takes office on March 11, 2026, deciding the next government's direction while expats and foreign firms watch for improved safety and policy clarity amid steady but modest growth.
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Chile Votes Today As Security Concerns Eclipse A Decade Of Big Promises
Key Points * Chileans are voting today, December 14, in a runoff to succeed Gabriel Boric. * The last polls released before the blackout showed José Antonio Kast leading Jeannette Jara. * Two failed constitutional rewrite efforts helped shift the country toward “order first.” Chileans are voting today in an election that will shape the […]
By EFE and CNN en Español A total of 3,379 polling stations with 40,473 polling stations opened their doors this Sunday to start the elections of the second presidential round in Chile, in which the successor of the progressive Gabriel Boric will be chosen. More than 15.6 million people are called to the polls to exercise their vote on a mandatory basis and to choose between the communist and sole candidate of a broad progressive alliance, Jeann…
The Chileans went to the polls on Sunday for a second round of the presidential elections in which they will decide between the permanence of the ruling party or take a turn towards the most extreme right since the re-democratization in 1990. Some 15.7 million people are called to the polls to elect the next president in elections marked by fear of crime and irregular immigration.
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