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                     Chile Presidential Election Under Way

   Chileans are heading to the polls to choose a president from nine
   candidates, with a former president favored to win.
   Center-left candidate Michelle Bachelet holds a wide lead with her
   reform platform. She was Chile`s first woman president, serving from
   2006 to 2010.
   Ms. Bachelet is backed by her New Majority alliance of socialists,
   Christian Democrats and communists.
   She has pledged to narrow the country`s wage income gap and revise the
   constitution, which dates back to the 17-year dictatorship of Augusto
   Pinochet.
   A candidate must win more than half of the vote to be elected outright.
   Otherwise, the two top candidates will face a runoff on December 15.
   All 120 lower house seats and 20 out of 38 Senate seats are also being
   contested.
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