Brazil election: Lula and Bolsonaro to face run-off

Monday, 3 October 2022Newsdesk

Brazil's election is going into a second round in which left-winger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

New Delhi, 03 October 2022

As per news report of BBC, with almost all the votes counted, Lula had won 48% against Bolsonaro's 43% - a much closer result than opinion polls had suggested. But Lula fell short of the more than 50% of valid votes needed to prevent a run-off. Voters now have four weeks to decide which of the two should lead Brazil. Winning outright in the first round was always going to be a tall order for any candidate - the last time it happened was 24 years ago. But President Bolsonaro and Lula had given their supporters hope that they could achieve just that.

Source - BBC