Bolsonaro, Lula Are Headed for a Runoff After Sunday’s Presidential Election

Bloomberg Línea — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva could not get the necessary votes to win in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election against incumbent candidate Jair Bolsonaro. With these, the current president and the ex-president will face in a runoff on October 30.

With more than 92% of the polls counted, Lula had 47.34% of the valid votes (more than 51,530 million votes), while Bolsonaro had 44.13% (more than 48 million votes). To win in a first round, Brazilian electoral law requires a candidate to receive 50% of valid votes.

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Brazil Election Live Results

Brazilians went to the polls today, to elect congress representatives, state governors and the president. The front-runners are Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who led the country between 2003 and 2010, and current President Jair Bolsonaro

Lula, running over a left-wing platform, got the biggest amount of the votes, but fell short of the win that many opinion polls had suggested he would get.

The tally leaves Lula without the simple majority needed for victory in the first round and sets him and Bolsonaro up for a bruising face-off in what has already been a divisive election campaign.

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--With information from Bloomberg News