Arquivo de runoffXinhua

by Xinhua writers Lu Junyu, Chen Haoquan and Wu Hao RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's presidential election is heading to a runoff on Oct. 25 after a tight first-round vote on Sunday, with Flavio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party and incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party separated by only about 2 percentage points. The first-round results underscored the continued polarization of Brazilian politics, with the two candidates together securing over 90 percent of valid votes. Over the next three weeks, attention will focus on why the race remains so close, how U.S.-Brazil ties could affect the campaign, and where the two candidates could find additional support. WHY THE CLOSE RACE? The first-round vote was highly concentrated around the two leading ...

BRASILIA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Brazil will hold a presidential runoff on Oct. 25 as official results showed Sunday that no candidate secured a majority of valid votes in the first round. According to results released by the Superior Electoral Court, with over 99 percent of the ballots counted, Flavio Bolsonaro, presidential candidate of Brazil's Liberal Party, garnered about 47 percent of valid votes while incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party came in second with about 45 percent. Under Brazil's electoral rules, a presidential candidate must secure more than half of the valid votes to win outright in the first round. Otherwise, the two candidates with the most votes advance to a runoff. Following the announcement of the first-round results, both candidates...

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