Overview
- Partial official counts from Servel with 52.39% tallied put Jeannette Jara at 26.58% and José Antonio Kast at 24.32%, sending both to a second round.
- Eliminated conservatives Johannes Kaiser and Evelyn Matthei swiftly endorsed Kast, signaling consolidation of the right‑wing vote.
- Security and migration dominated the campaign, with Kast pushing hard‑line border and deportation plans and Jara promising more police and financial tools against organized crime.
- This is Chile’s first presidential contest under compulsory voting and automatic registration, obliging more than 15.7 million citizens to cast ballots.
- Analysts and polls report that the combined right‑wing first‑round vote makes Kast the favorite in a head‑to‑head matchup on December 14.