Analysis-Chilean voters fall back to conservative safe zone, propelling markets


FILE PHOTO: Ballot boxes are stacked at a polling station in Valparaiso, Chile December 15, 2023. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido/File Photo

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - After more than five years of political upheaval that threatened to polarize Chilean society, voters in Latin America's fifth-largest economy are shifting back to their traditional moderate conservatism, according to recent polls and political analysts.

The shift has helped lift the Chilean stock market to record highs and comes ahead of a presidential election in November, in which centre-right candidate Evelyn Matthei is currently the front-runner.

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