REACTION: Jara and Kast Head to Chile’s Presidential Runoff
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AQ Editors
A Communist and a right-wing candidate will compete in the second round on December 14.
Jeannette Jara of the Communist Party and José Antonio Kast of the Republican Party will head to a runoff on December 14 after winning the most votes in the first round of Chile’s presidential election held on Sunday. Jara won 26.85% of the votes, and Kast secured 23.92%, according to official results. In a surprise move, former polling frontrunners Johannes Kaiser and Evelyn Matthei came in fourth and fifth, while outsider candidate Franco Parisi placed third with 19.71%. Chileans also went to the polls to elect 23 Senators and all 155 seats in the lower house of...
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