Brazil election headed to runoff, projection shows, as Bolsonaro lead narrows
What happened
Flávio Bolsonaro led Brazil’s presidential vote but fell short of an outright majority, sending the race against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to a 25 October runoff.
Bolsonaro received 47.3% and Lula 44.8% with more than 98% of votes counted, according to the Guardian.
Ronaldo Caiado and Renan Santos each won 2.2%, and Bolsonaro is likely to gain support from other right-wing candidates’ voters, the Guardian reported.
Carlos Bolsonaro and Michelle Bolsonaro won Senate seats, while Tarcísio de Freitas was re-elected governor of São Paulo, according to the Guardian.
Lula said voters faced a choice between «strengthening democracy and barbarism».
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