No candidate secured an absolute majority in the first round, so Alejandra Mizala and Francisco Martínez will compete on June 2 for the rectorship for the 2026-2030 term.
After polls closed, results showed Mizala received 42.72% of the weighted votes, while Martínez obtained 23.02%. Sergio Lavandero and Pablo Ruiz-Tagle were eliminated with 22.33% and 11.75%, respectively.
Turnout reached 72% of 4,222 eligible academics, a record aided by the first-time use of electronic voting in this process. The runoff will take place on June 2 via electronic ballot.
Voters are professors with at least one year of seniority at the institution. Current rector Rosa Devés had won outright in 2022 with 51.6% of the vote.
