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Franco Parisi, the Populist Who (Again) Surprises in Chile's Presidential Election

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Right-wing populist Franco Aldo Parisi Fernández (Santiago, 58), a militant, leader and founder of the People's Party (PDG), was the great surprise of the presidential elections of November 16. With 62% of the ballot boxes screened by the Electoral Service (Servel), he obtained 19.05% of the votes, occupying the third position and distancing himself only by five points from José Antonio Kast, from the radical right, who will contest the second r…

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The People's Party candidate, Franco Parisi, charged against the polls in his first speech after acquaintances...

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Right-wing populist Franco Aldo Parisi Fernández (Santiago, 58), a militant, leader and founder of the People's Party (PDG), was the great surprise of the presidential elections of November 16. With 62% of the ballot boxes screened by the Electoral Service (Servel), he obtained 19.05% of the votes, occupying the third position and distancing himself only by five points from José Antonio Kast, from the radical right, who will contest the second r…

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After 11:00 a.m. this Sunday, the presidential candidate Franco Parisi (PDG) arrived at the Leonardo Murialdo School in La Reina to cast his vote. On the occasion, the candidate referred to the possibility of handing over his support to another candidate in the second round, noting that “we are very democratic in that sense, but most likely we will pass”. Parisi added after casting his vote, “we are not putting ourselves on that stage.” On the o…

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"If he decides to stay in Chile to do politics, his 14 deputies will be hinged" in the next parliamentary period, Antonio Díaz Araujo told Cooperativa. He defined it, along with Kaiser and Kast, as "digital candidates": extremely successful in "bringinging the world away from voting."

The academic of the School of Government of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Nicolás Freire, analyzed in Hoy Es Noticia de CNN Chile the electorate of Franco Parisi. In the presidential elections, the candidate of the People’s Party obtained the third place in the preferences, with great popularity in the northern part of the country and surpassing even José Antonio Kast in some communes of the Metropolitan Region, such as Quili…

Franco Parisi held nothing back after the first round. The leader of the People's Party accused pollsters of manipulating media coverage and, in turn, of using those polls to shape public opinion. According to him, this strategy directly impacted his candidacy. "We were so close to making it to the second round," Parisi said, suggesting that the polls had created a false scenario that hurt him. He went even further: "I want to strongly condemn t…

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La Tercera broke the news in Chile on Sunday, November 16, 2025.
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