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BRAZIL VOTES LIVE: LULA WINS THE FIRST ROUND OVER FAR-RIGHT
BOLSONARO; RUN-OFF OCT. 30  
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Common Dreams Staff
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Former President of Brazil and Candidate for the Worker's Party (PT)
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves to supporters during general elections
day on October 2, 2022 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. , (Photo by Rodrigo
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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
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Brazilians voted Sunday in a historic presidential election, with
leftist front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who led in the
pre-election polls, winning but still short of the 50% he needed to
avoid a runoff election.

BREAKING 🇧🇷: Lula defeats Bolsonaro in the first round of
Brazil’s presidential election by over 5,000,000 votes.

— Progressive International (@ProgIntl) October 3, 2022
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There are fears the far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro will not accept
a defeat after he warned 
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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 eventually took the lead when 70.00% of the vote was counted.

We are expecting Lula to address the media soon, once the election
result is confirmed. A bleak night for the left in many ways, with a
succession of Bolsonarista victories and a tighter result than polls
predicted. Pollsters said 50/36. Looks like ending 48/43
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— Tom Phillips (@tomphillipsin) October 3, 2022
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With 98.04% of the vote counted at 8:45pm EDT:

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

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

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

Read this graph! It shows the evolution of the vote count in Dilma’s
election. Do NOT read the results forward. They will evolve as the
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— David Adler (@davidrkadler) October 2, 2022
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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
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Hundreds of politicians and journalists have gathered at a hotel in
downtown São Paulo where Lula’s team is awaiting results. The
atmosphere is TENSE pic.twitter.com/ywkTa1WY6q
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— Tom Phillips (@tomphillipsin) October 2, 2022
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Polls are closed in Brazil. No one doubts Lula is ahead. What is in
doubt is whether Trump’s authoritarian ally—Bolsonaro—will
accept defeat. This is huge issue for Brazil, and the United States.
The U.S. must send a clear signal of support for democracy.
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