The head-to-head of the candidates for the presidency in Brazil continues. So far, with 86% of polling stations counted, former president Luis Ignacio Lula maintains a slight advantage against current President Jair Bolsonaro.
This result means so far a technical draw that would force a presidential second round.
In numbers, so far the former president Lula Da Silva has an amount close to 46,939,643 equivalent to 46.6%, while the current president, Jair Bolsonaro, 45,017,561. which represents 44.7% of the votes counted so far.
Although they are close 12 candidates who are playing for the position of president of the Brazilians, the main duel has been between the former president and the current president, who after counting 86% of the tables, maintain a true head-to-head.
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So far and counted more than 85% of the tables, se would be left with the third place the candidate Simone Tebetwho reached a number of votes 4,382,149.
Another number that draws attention so far is that of invalid votes, since so far in the process, a figure higher than 3,674,863 votes.
Throughout the count, there was a true head-to-head between both candidates and only until 70% were counted From the tables, President Bolsonaro held a fragile lead against Lula.
In other details of the day it was possible to know, the current president Jair Bolsonaro went to vote in a electoral college in the Military Village of Rio de Janeiro, ensuring that he will win the elections in the first round.
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For his part, the leader of the Brazilian left and former president of that country, Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva, voted in Sao Bernardo do Campo, a city in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, stating that the country needs “regain the right to be happy”.
