José Antonio Kast and Gabriel Boric have been the two most voted options in the presidential elections this Sunday and will contest the presidency on December 19. One of the two will replace the outgoing president Sebastián Piñera.
The candidate of the extreme right, Jose Antonio Kast, and the leftist Gabriel Boric They will contest the presidency of Chile on December 19, after both were the two most voted candidates in the first round of the presidential elections in Chile.
With 98% of the tables scrutinized, the candidate of the Christian Social Front, José Antonio Kast, has won 28% of the votes and is slightly less than three points ahead of Gabriel Boric (25.6%) of the left-wing I Approve Dignity pact. In this context, the rest of the candidates have already assumed their defeat and have advanced their support for one of the two alternatives for the second round.
The participation it has been 45%.
closet He has addressed his followers to whom he has thanked the “sacrifice” and has asserted that “it was worth it.” “Today we took the first step to make hope come true,” said Kast, who has pointed out that he will work “together” with the candidate of the center-right official pact, Sebastián Sichel.
Secondly, Boric He has asserted that he will have to work “for the unity of the Democrats” and to “infect them with energy and hope.” “In this challenge that we humbly welcome everyone (Chileans),” he said. “It will not be the first time that we start from behind (…) and there is no doubt that we will do so in this second round,” Boric asserted.
The current president of Chile has also spoken about the elections, Sebastian Piñera, who has seen how the candidate of the ruling party has not managed to be among the most voted. Piñera has congratulated both Boric and Kast and asked them “from the bottom of their soul” to “seek paths of peace and not violence.”
José Antonio Kast or Gabriel Boric one of the two will replace the outgoing president Sebastián Piñera.
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