Overview
- Official Servel results with over half the vote counted place Jeannette Jara first at roughly 26.6% and José Antonio Kast second near 24.3%, leaving both short of the 50% needed to win outright.
- The second round is scheduled for December 14, when the two leaders will face off to determine who succeeds President Gabriel Boric in March 2026.
- The vote marked Chile’s first presidential contest under compulsory participation and automatic registration, with authorities reporting strong turnout and fines for non-voters.
- Concurrently, Chile renewed all 155 deputies and 23 Senate seats; counts continue, with the next president’s agenda hinging on the new Congress.
- Evelyn Matthei conceded and moved to back Kast, while preliminary tallies showed Franco Parisi and Johannes Kaiser trailing outside the runoff but holding voter blocs that could prove pivotal.