Brazil presidential election: Bolsonaro and Lula head to run-off
In Brazil, no presidential candidate earned enough votes on Sunday to win the election outright, forcing the top two — current President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — into a runoff on Oct. 30.
With about 99.6 percent of the votes counted, da Silva — known as Lula — has 48.3 percent of the vote, while Bolsonaro has 43.3 percent. Nine other candidates were also in the race.
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Lula served as president from 2003 to 2010, and was convicted of corruption and money laundering; he served 19 months in prison. Brazil's Supreme Court later annulled those convictions, ruling that the judge in his case was biased and colluded with prosecutors.
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