Bolsonaro, Lula headed to runoff after tight Brazil election

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BREAKING: Brazil presidential election heads for Oct. 30 runoff between incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Bolsonaro outperformed in Brazil’s southeast region, which includes populous Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais states, according to Rafael Cortez, who oversees political risk at consultancy Tendencias Consultoria.Bolsonaro’s administration has been marked by incendiary speech, his testing of democratic institutions, his widely criticized handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the worst deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in 15 years.

Bolsonaro has repeatedly questioned the reliability not just of opinion polls, but also of Brazil’s electronic voting machines. Analysts fear he has laid the groundwork to reject results.At one point, Bolsonaro claimed to possess evidence of fraud, but never presented any, even after the electoral authority set a deadline to do so. He said as recently as Sept. 18 that if he doesn’t win in the first round, something must be “abnormal.

Da Silva’s own convictions for corruption and money laundering led to 19 months imprisonment, sidelining him from the 2018 presidential race that polls indicated he had been leading against Bolsonaro. The Supreme Court later annulled da Silva’s convictions on grounds that the judge was biased and colluded with prosecutors.

“I didn’t like the scandals in his first administration, never voted for the Workers’ Party again. Now I will, because I think he was unjustly jailed and because Bolsonaro is such a bad president that it makes everyone else look better,” said Pereira, 47. On Saturday, Bolsonaro shared social media posts by right-leaning foreign politicians, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, who called on Brazilians to vote for him. Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed gratitude for stronger bilateral relations and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also praised him.

 

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It shouldn’t even be close. Boldonaro is a disaster.

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he didn't get 50?!

I dread 2024 up here.

They voted the past woman President 2x ..and they failed to choose the right one . Now Herr they go again ..remember this President what he did during covid ?!?😔🥵 think qgain brazilelections BolsonaroNoPrimeiroTurno22 BolsonaroReeleitoEm2022 BolsonaroTemRazao

Lula da Silva had a 50 to 36 lead in some polls, and he still snagged an over 5 point lead here. I wouldn't be surprised if an instant runoff instead of the Oct 30 one would have granted Lula an even larger win. He'd still be Brazil's next president either way of course.

I’m not a supporter of Lula but Bolsonaro is an absolute disaster on way too many different levels. He’s a real threat to Brazil’s democracy and institutions.

US is not going to like that.

Fixed it for you BREAKING: Brazil presidential election heads for Oct. 30 runoff between incumbent right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

🤗🇨🇱🇧🇷👇 🚨‼️EL GRAN TROPIEZO Y CAÍDA DE 'LULA'‼️🤣‼️TODAS LAS ENCUESTAS LO DABAN COMO 'EL FAVORITO'‼️🚨‼️PERDIÓ ‼️🤣 🚨‼️🇧🇷DECRETADO 🇧🇷‼️ 🚨BOLSONARO, PRESIDENTE ‼️ 🚨EN 2DA VUELTA, YA NO HABRÁN +3 MLL DE VOTOS NULOS NI INDECISOS ‼️

Lula fraud

a fascist against a thief: no viable future for Brazil.

blkwomenradical I really want leftist President to win.

A leftist fake news media outlet, lying about a fake lead from a leftist criminal Lula da Silva that is running for president. AP = Leftist Socialist Commies 🤓

“Far right wing incumbent”. Get it together.

Has Bolsanaro started his election was rigged tour yet? I can't imagine any world where he doesn't try to burn the whole thing down on his way out.

Hey world leaders. United nation.what the hell exactly you are doing? They are killing people here. Do you have anything other than just sending stupid messages? One nation is up tonight worried for our finest students in sharif University. We need action!today! مهسا_امینی

'incumbent' listed first, ahead of 'leftist' who got 5 million more votes really JuliePace no mention in your summary tweet of who got far more votes? yes I see a followup tweet but 1st tweet + hed put the trailing candidate 1st

Y'all sure Trump didn't win this one?

“Leftist” “far-right”. Why is the media suddenly hellbent on creating political division?

How do they get their some 200 million votes counted and publicized in just 4 hours, but states in our country take weeks at times? There is a reason. And it’s an intentional one.

With 97% of the votes tallied, da Silva had 47.9% support and Bolsonaro 43.6%. Since neither candidate received more than 50% of the valid votes, a second round vote between them will be scheduled for Oct. 30.

What’s with the bias? Calling Lula a leftist, but not calling Bolsonaro whatever you call the polar opposite? Many say fascist. How about this, either leave that preceding descriptive off altogether, or apply it fairly and evenly to both with accuracy.

I do enjoy the headlines the AP throws out there. 🤡

Bolsanaro already announced he was gonna pull some Trump BS, before the election. Good luck Brazil.

The AP is stanning hard for Bolsonaro.

If it’s a runoff, Lula should be careful. This is Brazil and political violence or assassinations aren’t uncommon. Also the part about the other guy being a right-wing fascist and well, history tells us how those people operate.

Already smells fraud in this election 🗳

They should check all the USA entry visas for democrat operatives who have experience in fixing elections.

Interesting

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