"A Socialist doctor has taken a strong lead in early returns from Chile's presidential election but appears unlikely to become the country's first woman president without facing a runoff vote. "First round or second round, I am confident we will win," Bachelet, 54, said after casting her ballot.
Bachelet is a pediatrician who has been defence minister for three years under the centre-left coalition Concertacion that has governed Chile since Gen. Augusto Pinochet's military regime was ousted in 1990.
If elected, she would become the first woman president of Chile and the fourth elected female leader in Latin America. "
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