Overview
- More than 15.6 million Chileans vote Sunday, the first presidential election with compulsory voting and fines for abstention.
- Aggregated polls place left-wing officialist Jeannette Jara in first place in the high‑20s, short of the majority needed to win outright.
- The right is split among José Antonio Kast, libertarian Johannes Kaiser and Evelyn Matthei, leaving second place too close to call in pre‑blackout surveys.
- Servel schedules a runoff for December 14 if no candidate tops 50%, with some polls modeling Jara trailing right‑wing rivals in head‑to‑head matchups.
- Security, irregular migration and the economy dominate the race, with undocumented migrants voicing fear of detention or expulsion under tougher right‑wing plans.