Overview
- Official tallies show Kast with roughly 58–60 percent of the vote as Jeannette Jara conceded defeat and acknowledged the result.
- Kast campaigned on mass deportations of undocumented migrants, about $6 billion in spending cuts and expanded military and police powers to tackle crime.
- Security and migration dominated the race according to polls, with compulsory voting returning for roughly 15.8–16 million eligible voters.
- Despite the decisive margin, Kast’s Republican Party lacks a congressional majority, which will force negotiations over his agenda before he takes office in March 2026.
- Analysts frame the outcome as Chile’s sharpest rightward turn in decades and part of a regional swing, while critics warn of risks to rights given his past praise for Pinochet.