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Despite the fact that the polls put former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the wide favorite, his victory was not as overwhelming as it seemed. expected, well got 48.05 of the votes and the current president, Jair Bolsonaro, appears in second place, with 43.79%, after having scrutinized the 98.21% of the total.
Partial results disclosed by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) foresee for now that the leader of the Workers’ Party (PT) will have to face the far-right leader in a second round, scheduled for 30 of October, to define the Presidency.
According to the rules of presidential elections, if no candidate arrives win a 43% of the votes in this first round, a second round will be held with the two main candidates .
On this election day, it passed without serious incidents and with long lines in the voting centers, 156 millions of Brazilians were called to the polls, with the participation of about 79% of them.
The latest polls placed Lula as the leader in voting intentions, with an advantage of between 6 and 14 points over Bolsonaro, but the difference was less.
Even, some even left open the possibility that he would win the presidency in this first round, something that ultimately did not happen.
The extreme right-wing politician defied all the polls and maintained for hours an advantage over his opponent, however, the leftist leader managed to tie and obtain a minimal majority, which will force both candidates to go to the second round.
Prior to the voting, the current president questioned security during the campaign of the electronic ballot boxes and raised the threat of a fraud that harms it, “With clean elections the best man wins, without any problem.”
His rival, Lula da Silva, called for an end to hatred: “The most fanatical Bolsonarists will have to adapt to the majority of society.”
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