Rightwing candidate José Antonio Kast has been elected the next President of Chile, securing an overwhelming victory in Sunday's runoff with nearly 59% of the vote against the Communist Jeannete Jara's leftwing coalition's 41%.

As Chileans vote on Sunday, even detractors of ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast say the candidate whose radical ideas lost him the past two elections is likely to become the countr