Jose Antonio Kast, from the far-right Republican Party that he founded, has taken an early lead against leftist Jeannette Jara in the Chilean presidential election, initial results showed on Sunday.

With 25.37% of votes counted, Kast had secured 59.83%, against Jara's 40.17%. Kast had been ahead in opinion polls ahead of the vote, running on a platform of fighting crime and curbing migration. While Chile remains one of the safest countries in Latin America, a recent surge in organized crime and immigration has rattled the electorate and become the main concern among voters.

Dozens of supporters began to arrive at the Kast campaign headquarters in Santiago on Sunday evening, some wearing red caps emblazoned "Make Chile Great Again." A Kast victory is likely to be cheered by investors who

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