Brazil votes in tight presidential runoff between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro
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Brazilians are voting in a closely contested presidential runoff between incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Flávio Bolsonaro finished first in the Oct. 4 opening round with 47% of votes cast, while Lula received about 45.2%. Brazilian electoral rules require a candidate to win more than 50% to take the presidency, sending the two leading candidates to Sunday’s runoff. Lula, a left-wing leader, is seeking an unprecedented fourth non-consecutive term.
A Quaest poll published Wednesday placed the candidates in a statistical tie, with Bolsonaro at 50.5% and Lula at 49.5%, within the survey’s margin of error. Their first-round totals were separated by about 2.2 million ballots among more than 158.7 million registered voters.
Turnout could affect the result. Although voting is compulsory for most Brazilian adults, 33.4 million people did not participate in the first round, an abstention rate of 21% — the highest in a Brazilian general election since 1998, according to Al Jazeera. The poll also found strong resistance to both candidates: 52% of respondents said they would never vote for Bolsonaro, while 47% said the same of Lula.
Thousands of Brazilians living in Ireland are also eligible to take part in the election, RTÉ reported.
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