Brazil heads for a presidential runoff between Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva
Neither leading candidate won a majority in the first round; the runoff takes place on 25 October.
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Brazil’s presidential election will be decided in a runoff on 25 October between Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
With 99.8% of votes counted, Bolsonaro has just over 56 million votes and Lula around 53.7 million, the Associated Press reports, citing Brazil’s electoral court.
The result also matters internationally: Brazil is Latin America’s largest economy and plays an important role in global trade, Amazon policies, and relations with the United States and China.
Source: Associated Press.
