Michelle Bachelet arrives at a polling station in Santiago, capital of Chile, on Nov. 17, 2013. Michelle Bachelet, candidate of the opposition center-left New Majority coalition and ex-president, led Chile's presidential election with 46.69 percent of the vote Sunday, said the Electoral Service. (Xinhua/Jorge Villegas)

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Bachelet leading presidential election in Chile with 46.69 percent

SANTIAGO, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chile's opposition candidate Michelle Bachelet was leading Sunday's presidential election with 46.69 percent of the vote, said the country's authority for elections, the Electoral Service (Servel), adding the trend pointed to a runoff in December.

The result was given after 78.38 percent of the voting stations were counted, said Servel, but the second-round of the voting would be between Bachelet and runner-up Eevelym Matthei of the ruling party, who just garnered 25.18 percent of the vote.  Full story

Michelle Bachelet casts her vote at a polling station in Santiago, capital of Chile, on Nov. 17, 2013. Michelle Bachelet, candidate of the opposition center-left New Majority coalition and ex-president, led Chile's presidential election with 46.69 percent of the vote Sunday, said the Electoral Service. (Xinhua/Jorge Villegas)