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Brazil Votes Live: Lula Wins the First Round Over Far-Right Bolsonaro; Run-Off Oct. 30

BREAKING NEWS – Check back for updatesBrazil’s presidential race will need to go to a October 30th second round after former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva fell short of the 50%+1 he needed to avoid a run-off with extremist incumbent&nbs…

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Brazil’s presidential race will need to go to a October 30th second round after former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva fell short of the 50%+1 he needed to avoid a run-off with extremist incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazilians voted Sunday in a historic presidential election, with leftist front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was ahead in the pre-election polls amid fears the far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro will not accept a defeat.

Bolsonaro has warned that he will only leave office if he's "killed, jailed, or victorious" and has called on his base to "go to war" if the vote is "stolen."

Bolsonaro took an early lead as results started coming in but in 2014, when Lula's leftist party last won a presidential election, it only took the lead after two hours of vote counting. Results from Brazil’s poorer northeast, Lula's stronghold, take longer to be counted.

Lula took the lead with 70.00% of the vote counted.

With 98.04% of the vote counted at 8:45pm EDT:

Brazil Votes 8:46pm

With 70.00% of the vote counted at 7:02pm EDT:

Brazil Votes 7:02pm

EARLIER: With 63.45% of the vote counted at 6:54pm EDT:

Brazil Votes 6:50pm

EARLIER: With 46.46% of the vote counted at 6:35pm EDT:

Results Brazil 1

Lula went into Sunday ahead of Bolsonaro in pre-election polls with 50 percent to 36 percent, according to the final poll from the Datafolha institute.

To win outright and avoid a runoff on October 30th: 50% + 1 votes are needed.

Polls closed at 5:00pm local time (20.00 GMT) or 4:00pm EST.

Official results can be found here: latest Brazil Election Results


This content originally appeared on Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community and was authored by Common Dreams staff.


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