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...Both her political pedigree and her personal warmth and accessibility played well in an election where gender issues were never far from the surface. In the first round of voting on December 15 election, she garnered 45.96% of the vote, compared with the 25.41%, for conservative millionaire businessman Sebasti?n Pi?era Eche?ique, whom she defeated 53.49% to 46.50% in the January 15 runoff...
...runoff presidential vote pits Socialist Michelle Bachelet Jeria against center-right senator Sebasti?n Pi?era Eche?ique. While Bachelet has been the favorite for months to succeed Socialist president Ricardo Lagos Escobar-taking nearly 46% of the first round vote versus the 25% garnered by second-place Pi?era-she has to avoid moving too far to the left in the remaining days of the campaign so as not to alienate the country's large bloc of centrist voters. Bachelet, a physician who would become Chile's first woman president, is unlikely to mess with Chile's good diplomatic and economic ties with...
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