Brazil, Flávio Bolsonaro and Presidential Election
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Brazil votes with no exit polls tonight. Final surveys give Lula a narrow first-round lead but show the Oct. 25 runoff as a statistical dead heat.
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finished first and second in the opening round of Brazil's presidential election. They'll meet in a runoff on Oct. 25.
If no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October.
Brazil’s electoral court publishes first-round results from 5 p.m. Brasília time today. See the time in your zone and where to follow the count.
A total of seven Zila Panchayat member vacancies were notified, but polling was held for five seats on September 29. The remaining two seats did not go to polling due to the pre-poll process.
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