Weekly Report - 09 November 2017 (WR-17-44)

With just over a week to go before Chile’s presidential and legislative elections, the two standout questions appear to be whether former president Sebastián Piñera (2010-2014) will win outright in the first round or require a run-off in December, and how many seats his right-of-centre opposition coalition Chile Vamos will obtain in congress. Opinion surveys give Piñera a substantial double-digit lead over his principal rival, Alejandro Guillier, of the ruling leftist Nueva Mayoría coalition. Piñera is some way short of the 50% required to win at the first time of asking but a lot of voters remain undecided.

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