Leftist candidate Jeannette Jara and far-right leader José Antonio Kast will go head-to-head in Chile's presidential run-off after topping the first round of voting in an election dominated by fears of violent crime.
With 99 percent of the results from Sunday's poll counted, Jara, a 51-year-old communist running on behalf of an eight-party coalition, won 26.85 percent of votes against 23.93 percent for Kast, the Servel electoral service said.
But her win – a far tighter margin than polls had predicted – was seen as an ominous sign for the second round and gave little cause for ch
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