Brazil, the largest democracy in Latin America, will elect its next president in the second round after no candidate on Sunday reached the 50% of votes necessary to proclaim himself the winner.
In a much tighter vote than the polls predicted and with more than 99% of the votes counted, the leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won 48.33% of the vote, compared to 43.28% for the current Brazilian president. far-right, Jair Bolsonaro.
In third position was Simone Tebet, with 4.17% of the votes, followed by Ciro Gomes, with 3.05%.
On this election day, which has passed without serious incidents and with long lines at the voting centers, 156 million Brazilians were called to the polls.
In addition to the president, the representatives of the Chamber of Deputies, a third of the Senate, the governors of the 26 states and the Federal District, and all state parliaments were also elected.
Information of: BBCNews
