Overview
- With nearly all votes counted, electoral authorities put Jeannette Jara at about 27% and José Antonio Kast at roughly 24%, sending both to a December 14 runoff.
- Libertarian candidate Johannes Kaiser endorsed Kast after conceding, and analysts expect other right‑of‑center voters to coalesce around him.
- Security and migration dominated the campaign, with Kast proposing mass expulsions and tougher policing while Jara pledges stricter border controls alongside a social‑policy agenda.
- The presidential vote coincided with elections for all 155 deputies and half the Senate under reinstated compulsory voting for roughly 15–16 million registered voters.
- Preliminary tallies show populist economist Franco Parisi in third place, ahead of Johannes Kaiser and conservative Evelyn Matthei.