Tag: 2017 Chile Presidential Elections

• Tuesday, November 21st 2017 - 07:32 UTC

  Piñera on the tight rope: math show he can be defeated by left-leaning coalition in December's runoff

  

  The strong performance by Chile’s left-wing parties in Sunday’s election left conservative presidential frontrunner Sebastian Piñera facing a tight battle to win a December runoff and likely opposition to tax breaks in Congress if elected. Piñera came first with more than 36% of the vote, but his two main leftist rivals made a stronger-than-expected showing, garnering a combined 43% between them.

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 07:08 UTC

  Piñera and Guillier to a much disputed runoff; far right and far left parties will be decisive

  

  Conservative Sebastian Piñera, who held a commanding lead in Chile's first round of presidential voting, and leftist former TV journalist Alejandro Guillier will contest a runoff next month. Ex-president Piñera had a 36.6% lead to Guillier's 22.7% with more than 98% of the votes, --of a very low turnout, 46.6%--, counted after the first round.

• Saturday, November 18th 2017 - 10:12 UTC

  Massive abstention the main challenge for Chilean Sunday presidential election

  

  On Sunday, Chileans will choose a new president that will rule the country for the 2018-2022 pereriod replacing current president, socialist, Michelle Bachelet. Senators, deputies and regional councilmen will also be chosen on Sunday.

• Wednesday, November 8th 2017 - 08:00 UTC

  Piñera can be only defeated with a strong voter turnout, admit his opponents

  

  The frontrunner for Chile’s presidency, billionaire businessman Sebastian Piñera, faces an array of left-wing parties in this year’s elections but he can expect help from one quarter - low turnout.

• Thursday, October 26th 2017 - 07:03 UTC

  Piñera leads in presidential election vote intention, but will face runoff

  

  Chilean conservative presidential candidate Sebastian Piñera maintained his lead in voter preference ahead of the Nov. 19 election, and was seen beating his two closest rivals in a likely runoff, pollster CEP said on Wednesday

• Sunday, June 4th 2017 - 09:20 UTC

  Conservative ex president Piñera leads Chilean polls, but 40% of voters still undecided

  

  Conservative former president Sebastian Piñera has pulled further ahead of center-left hopeful Alejandro Guillier in Chile's presidential race, but the two remain the favorites to face off in the November election, a closely watched poll released on Friday showed.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 - 06:07 UTC

  Chilean ruling coalition splits, increasing chances of Piñera in presidential election

  

  Chile's Christian Democrat party voted on Saturday to skip primaries and go straight to the first round of the presidential election in November, rupturing the center-left governing coalition and likely boosting the chances of a victory for the conservative right under ex president Piñera.

• Friday, April 21st 2017 - 09:56 UTC

  Chile's presidential election will confront social-democratic reforms and a free markets' approach

  

  A leftist senator running for president in Chile's November election is tied in a head-to-head match-up with the conservative frontrunner, even as his support has slipped in recent months, a poll released on Thursday showed.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 08:45 UTC

  Chile's ex president Piñera will again run for office; polls show him leading with 40% vote intention

  

  Sebastian Piñera, who was Chile's president from 2010 to 2014, officially declared this week his intention to seek the office again this year, betting that widespread disillusion with the governing coalition will help him win over voters. Conservative Piñera who ranks 745th on the Forbes list of the world's richest billionaires, is bidding for the nomination of the 'Chile Vamos' coalition, formed by his party and the more conservative UDI.

• Monday, January 16th 2017 - 08:05 UTC

  Ex president Lagos nominated as pre-candidate for Chilean November election

  

  Ricardo Lagos, a leading opponent of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet who later went on to serve as president from 2000 to 2006, on Saturday accepted his party's nomination to run in the 2017 presidential election.