SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Center-right billionaire Sebastian Pinera won the first round of Chile's presidential election, boosting his bid to upend the left-of-center government.
With 98 percent of Sunday's balloting counted, the conservative Pinera led the field with 44 percent of the vote, The New York Times reported Monday. Eduardo Frei, a former president who was seeking to succeed party incumbent Michelle Bachelet, was second with 30 percent.