SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Polls opened in Chile, with over 15 million obliged to vote on Sunday for president and parliament. It’s a pivotal contest between a left-wing incumbent and hard-right challengers who have benefited from rising concern over organized crime and illegal immigration in one of Latin America’s safest nations.

The starkly opposed front-runners are Jeannette Jara, a lifelong member of Chile’s Communist Party who defeated center-left contenders to represent the governing coalition, and José Antonio Kast, a veteran ultraconservative politician who promises “drastic measures” to fight rising gang violence and deport undocumented immigrants.

Polls suggest that none of the eight candidates in Sunday’s ballot will secure the over 50% of votes needed to avoid a runoff on Dec. 14

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