The voting day has been marked by high temperatures, long lines at voting centers and a large turnout at the polls.
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The far-right lawyer Jose Antonio Kast and the deputy from the left Gabriel Boric They are the two most voted candidates in the elections this Sunday in Chile.
Chileans go to the polls in an election marked by indecision
At 9:30 p.m. Chilean time, the 76,71% of the votes already counted indicate a slight change. Kast gets for the moment the 28,19% of the votes and Boric increases to 25.24%. This has allowed the rest of the squad to be clearer. On the other hand, the economist Parisi consolidates to third place with 13.24%.
At 21:15 Chilean time, the candidate Yasna Provoste has assumed her defeat. The 65,5% of votes counted indicates that José Antonio Kast obtains the 28,4% of the votes, while Boric obtains the 24,9%. The gap is 3.5 points, 1.5 points less than what was registered at the beginning of the day.
At 20:30 Chilean time, with 50% of the presidential elections scrutinized, the trend of Kast (28.6%) and Boric (24.4%) to the second round is confirmed. The Christian Democratic candidate Yasna Provoste gives her support to Gabriel Boric.
At 20:10 Chilean time, 40.52% of polls scrutinized continue to lead Kast and Boric, claiming the second round with 28.86% and 24.12%, respectively.
At 20:00 Chilean time, the candidate Sebastián Sichel acknowledges his defeat “We did not do well, we have to admit it.” The party’s candidate Chile Come on He said it was “evident” that his candidacy did not go to the second round. He also recognizes his differences with Gabriel Boric and expresses that he is willing to talk with the candidate José Antonio Kast.
At 19:50 Chilean time, continued to increase the number of votes counted. The new information from Servel indicates that with a 30,16% of the scrutinized tables, the trend of Kast first, prevailing with 29.05%, while Boric in second place with 23.83%, it is followed by the controversial candidate, Franco Parisi, with 13.73%; Provoste (12.75%), Sebastián Sichel (11.79%); Enríquez Ominami (7.46%) and Artés (1.39%).
Neither get more than 50% of the votes to prevail in this first round, for which the Chilean Presidency will be disputed in the ballot on December 19.
They both have very different programs and, if the results are confirmed, Chileans will have to choose in December between the most leftist government since Salvador Allende (1970-1973) or the most rightist since the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).
Boric, a 35-year-old MP and former student leader who defines himself as an ecologist, feminist and regionalist, wants to expand the role of the state towards a welfare model similar to that of Europe.
For his part, Kast, a 55-year-old Catholic lawyer, seeks to reduce the role of the state, lower taxes, tackle irregular migration with a heavy hand and ban gay marriage and all forms of abortion.
The more than 15 million Chileans called to the polls this Sunday they also chose the 155 deputies for a period of four years and 27 of the 50 senatorss for a period of eight, although the results of this election will take longer to come out. (I)
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