Bachelet Cruises to Second Round Win in Chile
Steven L. Taylor
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Monday, December 16, 2013
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Via the BBC: Ex-president Michelle Bachelet wins Chile poll run-off
With almost all the votes counted, Ms Bachelet had 62% against 38% for Evelyn Matthei, a former minister from the governing centre-right coalition.
Ms Bachelet first served from 2006 to 2010, but under Chile’s constitution she could not stand for a second consecutive term.
This makes Bachelet the first president under the current constitution to serve multiple terms (and the first in Chilean history for quite some time).
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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