Chile: presidential, with 49% of the seats in the lead Kast on Boric

(ANSA) - SANTIAGO DEL CHILE, NOV 21 - In line with the forecasts of various polls, with the official vote reaching 49.62%, the ultra-right candidate José Antonio Kast (Partido Republicano) leads the presidential elections with 28.64 % of the votes, ahead of the leftist leader Gabriel Boric (Apruebo Dignidad), who collects 24.44% of the votes.

    Followed by right-wing candidate Franco Parisi 13.60%), center-left candidate Yasna Provoste (12.36%) and center-right government candidate Sebastian Sichel (11.96%).

    The Electoral Service, which is conducting the ballot, has remembered that for a first round victory a candidate must get 50% plus one of the votes. Otherwise, the best two placed will be measured in a ballot on December 19th.

   (HANDLE).