Chilean voters elected the most right-wing president in 35 years of democracy on Sunday, as official results showed Jose Antonio Kast with a thumping 58 percent of votes and his rival conceding defeat.
With more than ten million votes counted — almost 70 percent of the total — Kast had an unassailable lead over Jeannette Jara, a Communist Party member heading a broad leftist coalition.
Chilean leftist presidential candidate Jara conceded defeat to her hard-right rival in Sunday’s election, saying voters had spoken loud and clear.
Trailing arch conservative Kast by about 17 percentage points, Jara posted on social media that she had congratulated the president-elect and wished him the best. (AFP)
