Overview
- Official results from Servel show José Antonio Kast defeating Jeannette Jara by roughly 59% to 41%, and Jara has conceded.
- Public concern over violent crime and irregular migration dominated voter priorities under compulsory voting with nearly 16 million eligible voters.
- Kast pledges mass deportations, fortified northern borders with walls and trenches, an ICE-style force to detain and expel migrants, and $6 billion in spending cuts.
- Right-wing parties lack an absolute majority, with an evenly split Senate and a fragmented lower house expected to constrain his most radical proposals.
- Kast is set to take office on March 11, as markets price in more market-friendly policies and the result adds to a regional shift toward tough law-and-order politics.