Overview
- Campaigning ended ahead of Sunday’s first round that will choose the presidency, renew the entire Chamber of Deputies and half the Senate, and mark Chile’s first mandatory-voting presidential contest since the democratic transition.
- Pre‑blackout surveys published through Nov. 2 showed left/center-left nominee Jeannette Jara at roughly 26%–30% and José Antonio Kast at about 20%–25%, pointing to a probable Dec. 14 runoff.
- The conservative vote is split among Kast, traditional-right contender Evelyn Matthei and libertarian Johannes Kaiser, with recent coverage noting Kast’s claim of momentum as others challenge his second-place hold.
- Security and migration dominate the race, with Kast proposing a wall and trench on the Peruvian border, deployment of 3,000 soldiers, tougher sentences and maximum-security prisons.
- Jara centered her closing rally on social and anti-corruption pledges, including a ‘vital wage,’ public health reform and lifting bank secrecy to pursue organized crime, while calling for environmentally responsible and broadly shared economic growth.