Jeannette Jara shot to the top of the polls in the first survey published by the national pollster Cadem since her victory in Chile’s primary elections on 29 June. Jara, who was standing for the radical left-wing Partido Comunista de Chile (PCCh) in the primary contest, which pitted parties from President Gabriel Boric’s centre-left ruling coalition against one another [WR-25-26], jumped 10 percentage points to 26%, leapfrogging the previous frontrunner, José Antonio Kast, of the far-right Partido Republicano (PR).End of preview - This article contains approximately 936 words.
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