Former student leader Gabriel Boric claims 55.8% of votes counted to defeat far-right opponent José Antonio Kast
A leftist former student leader has stormed to a resounding victory to become Chile’s president-elect.
With nearly 97% of the vote already counted, Gabriel Boric claimed 55.8% to take a 12 percentage point lead over his far-right opponent, José Antonio Kast, an ultra-conservative father of nine, who quickly accepted his defeat and called Boric to congratulate him.