(Corrects to ‘Polls will open’ from ‘Polls opened’ in para 2, fixes date in dateline)

By Alexander Villegas and Fabian Cambero

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chileans are voting in a presidential election on Sunday that’s pitting the governing leftist coalition against an array of right-wing candidates and will also redefine the country’s legislature.

Polls will open at 8 a.m. local time (1100 GMT) and are expected to close at 6 p.m. (2100 GMT), but will remain open if there are voting lines. Initial results are expected quickly with a full count within hours.

There are eight candidates in the race and none are expected to get the 50% plus one vote needed to win the election outright, likely triggering a run-off between the top two candidates on December 14.

Chilean law bans polls 15 days before

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