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Jara and Kast head to runoff elections with 26.4% and 24.4% votes respectively so far. Left-wing presidential candidate Jeannette Jara slightly leads the polls in Chile’s general election followed by far-right Jose Antonio Kast. teleSUR

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00:00Left wing presidential candidate Janet Hara slightly leads the polls in Chile's general elections

00:22followed by far right Jose Antonio Casa.

00:26With more than 40% of the votes counted, Hara leads with 26.4%, while Casa has 24.4%.

00:34The preliminary results show that both candidates will face off in the presidential run-ups to be held on December 14.

00:43In the third place is Franco Parisi, with 18.4% who run his campaign from abroad

00:50because he was subject to a restrictive order for failing to pay child support for his two children.

00:57In addition, Chileans will also renew all seats in the Chamber of Deputies,

01:02and 23 of the 50 senators would result,

01:06so pointing to an advantage of order ruling unity for Chile coalition.

01:11Let's take a look at the trajectory of the presidential candidate for the governing unity for Chile coalition,

01:24Janet Hara, who is the flag bearer for the eight left wing social democratic and progressive parties,

01:32as well as the Christian Democrats.

01:35Jara was born in 1974 in Santiago de Chile.

01:38She was undersecretary of Social Security during Mitchell's bachelor's second term,

01:44overseeing key reforms in pension and Social Security.

01:48In March 2022, with the arrival of President Gabriel Boric to power,

01:52she was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Security.

01:56Among her most notable contributions is the implementation of the four-hour workweek law,

02:02approved in 2023.

02:03Her political career has been strongly linked to the defense of social and labor rights.

02:13For his part, Jose Antonio Casas-Riz is a candidate for the Republican Party.

02:20At 59, my pardon, your old lawyer Casas also represented Chile's conservative right

02:26at presidential polls in 2017 and 2021.

02:30He has been the representative of two districts in the metropolitan region,

02:35number 24 from 2014 to 2018,

02:38and number 30 for the three consecutive terms.

02:42Among his political proposals are greater support for the police,

02:46a prison reform that seeks to tighten state control in prisons,

02:50and a commitment to the northern region to reinforce security along its border.

02:56of race, you've got a criminal renewal level.

02:58As you can see here now,

02:59that means thestellung of the United States

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Chile | Jara and Kast head to runoff elections with 26.4% and 24.4% votes respectively so far

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