Brazil votes in high-stakes presidential runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro

Brazilian voters headed to the polls Sunday in a closely contested presidential runoff between leftist incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro.Bolsonaro, a senator and son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, finished ahead of Lula in the Oct. 4 first round, receiving 47.03% of valid votes compared with Lula’s 45.16%. 
Neither candidate secured the majority needed to win outright, forcing Sunday’s runoff. 
 

Read Full Article: https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/brazil-votes-high-stakes-presidential-runoff-between-lula-and-bolsonaro?utm_source=justthenews.com&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=external-news-aggregators