Poll Tracker: Chile's 2025 Presidential Runoff

Less than one month after voting in the first round of presidential elections, Chileans return to the polls for the December 14 runoff where they will choose between two candidates on opposite sides of the ideological spectrum. Jeanette Jara, a longtime member of the Communist Party and former labor minister in current President Gabriel Boric’s cabinet, is facing off against hard-right former Deputy José Antonio Kast.

Jara edged out Kast in the first round, with 27 percent of the vote to his 24 percent. But, while Jara was the main leftist choice following a coalition primary, Kast shared the ballot with several other right-wing candidates, including the fourth- and fifth-place finishers Johannes Kaiser and Evelyn Matthei, both of whom have since endorsed him. Economist Franco Parisi, who finished third with a populist campaign that played up his status as a political outsider, said he will not endorse either candidate, and his party is pushing for members to cast blank ballots in the election. 

Still, as the chart below shows, polling over time gives Kast at least a 10-point margin over Jara. A victory for Kast of the Republican Party would represent a vindication for his loss in the 2021 runoff against Boric, whose party is a member of the Unity for Chile coalition backing Jara.

How are Chileans approaching the second round? How do they view Jara and Kast, as well as top election issues? AS/COA Online tracks the polls.