Across the Globe, '06 Presidential Elections<br />Turn to Majority Runoffs

Chile elected its first female president on January 15th after Michelle Bachelet triumphed over a rival in a second round of counting. Finland also entered a runoff on January 30th after the vote fragmented across three major lines during the first election.
On a more dramatic note, thousands of Haitians took to the streets of Port au-Prince after the February 7th elections, when frontrunner Rene Preval appeared to just miss the majority threshold. Later recounts narrowly avoided a runoff.
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