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Brazil’s polarizing presidential election advances to second round runoff

By Misty Severi
Published October 3, 2022 4:15pm ET
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Brazil’s polarizing presidential election advances to second round runoff
Brazil’s presidential election sparked a second round of voting after neither major-party candidate received more than 50% of the votes. With more than 99% of the vote counted, former president and left-wing candidate Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva led incumbent right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro with 48.4% of the vote, according to results released by Brazil’s […]


Brazil’s presidential election sparked a second round of voting after neither major-party candidate received more than 50% of the votes.

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