Chilean left-wing presidential candidate Jeannette Jara is a card-carrying communist, but you won't see the hammer and sickle at her campaign events.

The woman seen as having the best chance of preventing the far-right from taking power in the November elections has lurched towards the center in her bid to woo voters.

Jara, a former labor minister under outgoing President Gabriel Boric, swept a primary of Boric's left-wing coalition in June to set up a likely November 16 showdown against the far-right's Jose Antonio Kast.

Polls show Jara and Kast -- who is on his third presidential campaign focused on closing Chile's borders to migrants -- alternatively leading the race.

Conservative candidate Evelyn Matthei trails in third place in most polls.

Jara faces an uphill battle to overcome

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