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...leading candidates needed only some of Coihueco's votes (added to votes already won elsewhere in the electoral district) to top the required minimum "quotient." Government Candidate Serafin Soto needed only 150 of the voters, who numbered 1,194, including neighboring farmers. Opposition Candidate Juan Luis Urrutia needed...
That night votes were counted. Once the lights mysteriously went out; at another moment, an official collapsed in an epileptic seizure, almost starting a panic. In the end, the government's Soto won, making his quotient, while Urrutia fell short by 22. That should have settled the majority, but it did not. Reason: just before election day, another pro-government Deputy had been killed in an airline crash. The score is still 73 to 73. and the buy-election routine will probably have to be repeated in Copiapo...
...Francesco Jose Urrutia, Colombian Delegate to the League...