Expectation is growing among Brazilians regarding the results of the first round of the presidential elections. The focus, clearly, is on the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva -the favorite in all the polls-, and the current president Jair Bolsonaro; two arch-rivals with two totally opposite visions of Brazil.
The context makes the country in a tense wait, since this very Sunday it could meet its next head of state. According to the data provided by the polls that have been released recently, Lula could prevail even in the first round, something that has not happened since 1998, while Bolsonaro insists that the polls lie and has raised doubts about whether he will accept the result, alleging possible fraud.
After the elections were closed, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) began to disseminate the first results. With 9.40% of the votes counted, Bolsonaro obtained 48.84% of the votes, and Lula 42.10%. However, it is still too early to know if there will be a second round of elections, scheduled for October 30.
As expected, the rest of the candidates are far behind the main contenders. Simone Tebet, from the Brazilian Democratic Movement, and Ciro Gomes, from the Democratic Labor Party, barely exceed 4.72% and 3.17%, respectively.
