Chile’s Right Set to Make History With Congressional Majority

Chile’s right-wing opposition is likely to win a congressional majority for the first time in at least seven decades in elections later this year, according to a simulation by data analysis firm Unholster.

While ultra-conservative Jose Antonio Kast is expected to win the presidential vote, right-wing parties — including his Partido Republicano — will take 85 of the 155 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 26 of 50 places in Senate, Unholster calculated. The first round of presidential voting and the congressional election both take place on Nov. 16.