Sunday, June 29th 2025, 11:48:36 pm
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chileans overwhelmingly elected Jeannette Jara, the country's former labor minister, on Sunday to be the incumbent government's candidate and face off against a field of right-wing contenders in November's presidential elections. Jara, a member of Chile's communist party, won the presidential primaries with 60.31% of the vote while Carolina Toha, the former interior minister and member of the Democratic Socialism party, came in a distant second with 27.91%, with 98.27% of ballots tallied. Only the governing coalition, led by leftist President Gabriel Boric, participated in Sunday's primaries while right-wing candidates, who have led most of the presidential polls, are opting to fight it out on election day on November 16.