Former President Lula reached 45.7%, momentarily surpassing current President Jair Bolsonaro who has 45% of the votes counted so far.
According to the numbers, former President Luis Ignacio Lula has a total of 37,265,102, this after counting 70% of the tables, while in numbers 37,074,784.
It must be remembered that only a few minutes passed after the opening of the presidential voting in Brazil so that the two strongest contenders, Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inacio Lula da SilvaThey will get up early to cast their vote.
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As it was known, 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.
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”.
This is the first bulletin in which Lula surpasses Bolsonarowho by very little difference, had remained above the results.
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In third place, and somewhat removed from these two candidates, is Simone Tebet who so far has achieved 4.5% of the total votes added up to this time, which translates into a total of 3,455,669.
