SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Former Defence Minister Andres Allamand ruled out running in Chile's November presidential election on Tuesday, increasing the likelihood a fractured right wing will rally behind a conservative female economist to try to beat favoured ex-President Michelle Bachelet.
The moderate Allamand, who resigned as defence minister in November, had been seen as one of the right's best hopes to woo voters away from the popular centre-left Bachelet. His centre-right Renovacion National and the more conservation Union Democrata Independiente are joined in the Alianza coalition.
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