Chileans will choose their president for the next four years in Sunday’s runoff election between conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast and communist former minister Jeannette Jara.

Local polls indicate that Kast is poised to become the next president, ushering a new conservative presidency in Chile after four years under outgoing far-left President Gabriel Boric. The winner will succeed Boric once his current term ends in March 2026.

Chile held the first round of its 2025 presidential election in November as part of broader general elections. At the time, eight candidates ran for president. Jara obtained 26.8 percent of the votes and Kast 23.9 percent. As neither candidate obtained more than half of the votes — required to win in the first round — they headed off tow

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