Weekly Report - 31 October 2013 (WR-13-43)

Former president Michelle Bachelet (2006-2010) could win the presidential elections on 17 November in the first round, crushing her main opponent, Evelyn Matthei, in the process, according to a poll released on 29 October. Bachelet has long been the overwhelming favourite for victory but it had still been widely assumed she would have to go to a second round run-off to secure it. The first televised debate featuring all of the presidential candidates took place hours after the release of the poll.