People casting their votes during presidential elections held in Chile on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. Photo: CNN.
Preliminary results from the vote count in Chile’s presidential and legislative elections, held Sunday, point to the possibility of a second round between candidates Jeanette Jara (Unity for Chile) and JosĂ© Antonio Kast (Christian Democracy), which will take place on December 14 if neither candidate exceeds 50% of the total votes.
With a total of 11,198 polling stations counted, out of a total of 40,898 polling stations installed within the country and abroad, corresponding to 27.38% of all votes polling stations, Jara, the leftist candidate, leads the vote with a minimal margin over the far-right’s Antonio Kast.
đź“Š Resultados preliminares ElecciĂłn Presidencial. 15,04% de mesas escrutadas
🔹F. Parisi: 18,16%
🔹J. Jara: 26,17%
🔹M. EnrĂquez-Ominami: 1,12%
🔹J. Kaiser: 13,86%
🔹J. Antonio Kast: 24,87%
🔹E. Artes: 0,64%
🔹E. Matthei: 13,90%
🔹H. Mayne-Nicholls: 1,28%— Servicio Electoral (@ServelChile) November 16, 2025
The preliminary report gives Jara 26.17% of the votes and 24.87% to far-right candidate Kast. Preliminary results in presidential elections may occasionally drastically differ from the final result. Analysts advise waiting for upcoming results to have a closer look at the final result.
The big surprise was candidate Franco Parisi (People’s Party), who is in third place in the count with 18.84% of the votes, followed by Evelyn Matthei (Great and United Chile), who received 13.25% of the votes.
After the preliminary results were announced, Matthei acknowledged her defeat in the presidential elections and accepted that candidates JosĂ© Antonio Kast and Jeannette Jara would advance to a second runoff: “Today, others are called to advance in the race, I congratulate them,” she said.
According to data from the Electoral Service (Servel), 15,779,102 people were eligible to vote, including 160,935 abroad and 885,940 foreign citizens with the right to vote, with the largest presence of voters in Venezuela, Peru and Colombia.
The elections are marked by electoral fatigue following successive elections held since the massive protests of 2019, and by a marked discontent with the management of outgoing President Gabriel Boric, whose approval rating hovers around 30% among Chileans.
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These results solidify the right’s leading position heading into the second round and reflect the rejection of Boric for his performance over the past four years. Since 2006, power in Chile has alternated between the left and right, and no president has handed over the presidential sash to a successor of the same political current.
In Chile, the difference between left and right is almost imperceptible, taking into consideration that so-called leftist forces tend to follow US dictates, continue attacks on indigenous communities and implement neoliberal economic measures.
(Telesur) with Orinoco Tribune content
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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