Chile presidential candidate Jeannette Jara, a former labor minister and member of the Communist Party, poses for a picture as she speaks to Reuters after winning the June primaries to become the country's left wing coalition candidate, in Santiago, Chile July 18, 2025. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -The candidate for Chile's ruling leftist coalition, communist Jeannette Jara, leads voters' preferences ahead of the first round of the presidential election, but could lose in a runoff against either of two right-wing opposition candidates, a poll showed on Monday.
The National Public Opinion (CEP) poll showed Jara leading the first-round vote with the preference of 25% of voters, trailed by hard-right firebrand Jose Antonio Kast with 23% and Evelyn Matthei with 12%.
