Chile gets first woman president
Chile gets first woman president
Edited on Sun Jan-15-06 05:49 PM by cal04
Partial results in Chile's presidential election give a clear victory to the centre-left candidate Michelle Bachelet, with 53% of the vote. With two-thirds of the run-off vote counted, she is set to become the country's first woman president.
Her rival, conservative businessman Sebastian Pinera, has so far polled 46.8%, the interior ministry said. Correspondents say Ms Bachelet's win consolidates a swing to the political left in Latin America. The election is the fourth since Chile returned to democracy in 1990 after 17 years of military rule.
The BBC's Daniel Schweimler in Santiago says crowds are already gathering outside Ms Bachelet's campaign headquarters in the capital, Santiago, to celebrate.
Socialist Michelle Bachelet was elected Chile's first woman president on Sunday as her opponent conceded that the former political prisoner had won.
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Edited on Sun Jan-15-06 05:49 PM by cal04
Partial results in Chile's presidential election give a clear victory to the centre-left candidate Michelle Bachelet, with 53% of the vote. With two-thirds of the run-off vote counted, she is set to become the country's first woman president.
Her rival, conservative businessman Sebastian Pinera, has so far polled 46.8%, the interior ministry said. Correspondents say Ms Bachelet's win consolidates a swing to the political left in Latin America. The election is the fourth since Chile returned to democracy in 1990 after 17 years of military rule.
The BBC's Daniel Schweimler in Santiago says crowds are already gathering outside Ms Bachelet's campaign headquarters in the capital, Santiago, to celebrate.
Socialist Michelle Bachelet was elected Chile's first woman president on Sunday as her opponent conceded that the former political prisoner had won.
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