According to the Electoral Service (Servel), all forms of advertising in print, radio, and television media, as well as on social media platforms, are now prohibited.

Demonstrations for electoral purposes are also prohibited, as is the placement of posters, signs, or banners intended to promote candidates.

Furthermore, political parties and their candidates are responsible for removing all campaign materials displayed in public and private spaces.

Some 15.7 million voters are called to the polls this November 16 to elect the next president of the Republic, the 155 members of the Chamber of Deputies, and 23 of the 50 seats in the Senate.

Eight candidates are vying for the presidency of La Moneda Palace, and polls published before the election blackout date place Jeannette Jara, representing the left, social democracy, and progressivism, along with the Christian Democrats, in first place.

In second place is Jose Antonio Kast, of the far-right Republican Party; followed by Johannes Kaiser, of the National Libertarian Party (aligned with Javier Milei’s views); and Evelyn Matthei, of the traditional right-wing coalition Chile Vamos.

Further behind are Franco Parisi, of the conservative People’s Party, and the independent candidates Harold Mayne-Nicholls, Marco Enriquez-Ominami, and Eduardo Artes.

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