Tag: Chile elections

Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:57 UTC
Kast's win marks return of rightwing gov't to Chile

Rightwing candidate José Antonio Kast has been elected the next President of Chile, securing an overwhelming victory in Sunday's runoff with nearly 59% of the vote against the Communist Jeannete Jara's leftwing coalition's 41%.
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Wednesday, December 10th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Coincidences and differences noted in Chile's last debate before runoff

The last presidential debate ahead of Sunday's runoff in Chile between the far-left candidate Jeanette Jara and the ultraconservative José Antonio left mixed feelings Tuesday evening in Santiago as the country prepares for a continuation of Gabriel Boric Font's policies or a sharp U-turn.
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Monday, November 17th 2025 - 10:59 UTC
Jara and Kast advance to Chile's presidential runoff

Chile will head to a presidential runoff election on Dec. after leftist candidate Jeannette Jara edged conservative José Antonio Kast to secure the top two spots in Sunday's general election. The winner will succeed Gabriel Boric Font.
Monday, October 6th 2025 - 10:54 UTC
Strong conservative comeback seems certain in Chile’s November presidential election

With less than a month and a half to Chile’s presidential election, public opinion polls are indicating that the incumbent candidate of the ruling left wing coalition, Jeantnette Jara is leading, but with only 27% of vote intention. However the main opposition hopeful, Jose Antonio Kast from the Conservative Party is very close with 25% vote intention.
Tuesday, April 8th 2025 - 08:26 UTC
Chile's Labor Minister resigns to run for president

Jeannette Jara resigned Monday as Chile's Labor Minister after being chosen by the Communist Party to run for president. She announced her decision after conferring with President Gabriel Boric Font at La Moneda. The Communist Party confirmed her candidacy on Saturday.
Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:33 UTC
Gabriel Boric officially proclaimed Chilean president elect; takes office March 11

On Monday the Chilean Elections Qualifying Tribunal, Tricel, officially proclaimed Gabriel Boric as president-elect of Chile, following his victory in the runoff last 19 December. The ceremony was held at the Tricel offices in Santiago but under the most strict security and sanitary measures given the surge in Covid 19 cases.
Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
The right enemy a major asset in politics

By Gwynne Dyer – The right enemy can be a major asset in politics, as Chilean voters have just demonstrated once again. All the opinion polls had the two presidential candidates neck and neck before the election, but a few days before the runoff vote it came out that the father of far-right candidate José Antonio Kast was a Nazi.
Monday, December 20th 2021 - 23:50 UTC
Chilean presidency Sunday runoff manages a record turnout of voters, 56,6%

The Chilean presidency runoff this Sunday attracted more voters than the first round, November 21, when only 47,34% of the registered electorate turned out. In effect with 99% of votes counted, 56,59% of Chileans went to the polls, a total of 8,252.420 which compares with the 7.115.790 of November.
Monday, December 20th 2021 - 12:55 UTC
Boric wins runoff to become Chile's youngest ever President

Leftwing Deputy Gabriel Boric (35) beat first-round frontrunner Conservative José Antonio Kast in Sunday's presidential runoff to become Chile's youngest-ever head of state. After more than 90% of the votes were counted, Boric led by 56% against Kast's 44%.
Saturday, December 18th 2021 - 09:38 UTC
Bloomberg's pessimistic outlook of Chile's once shinning future

For decades, Chileans watched from afar as their South American neighbors grappled with galloping inflation, financial crashes, and extreme political swings, destabilizing forces that compelled the wealthy to send hundreds of billions of dollars to havens in Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, or the U.S.