Veteran far-right politician José Antonio Kast is the favourite to win Chile’s presidency after 70 per cent of voters backed right-leaning candidates in a first round election, sending him into a run-off vote against a Communist candidate next month.
With 96 per cent of votes counted, Kast, founder of the ultraconservative Republican party, scored 24 per cent of the vote, according to Chile’s electoral service. Jeannette Jara, a member of Chile’s Communist party, representing the ruling leftwing coalition, scored 26.8 per cent of the vote.
Pollsters say it will be far easier for Kast than Jara to pick up the roughly 45 per cent of votes won by three other opposition candidates, giving him a clear advantage in the second round on December 14.
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