Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the leftist Workers’ Party has gotten the most votes in Brazil’s presidential election, but not enough to avoid a runoff vote against his far-right rival, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro
The highly polarized election will determine whether the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world's fourth-largest democracy or keeps the far-right leader in office for another four years
Brazil’s top two presidential candidates will face each other in a runoff vote following a polarized election that will determine if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world’s fourth-largest democracy or keeps the far-right incumbent in office for another four years
With 99.9% of the votes tallied, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had 48.4% support and President Jair Bolsonaro had 43.2%. Nine other candidates.