“Brazil is an example in the world in the economic question, we attended to the most humble, unemployment is falling,” he said shortly after 9 a.m., after voting at a school in Villa Militar, in the western zone of Rio de janeiro. The president is expected to return to Brasilia from where he will accompany the counting of votes. (ANSA).
The tables opened promptly at 8 a.m. and should close at 5 p.m., when the Electoral Justice will begin the count, which is expected to show a consolidated trend about two hours later.
According to the most recent Datafolha survey, the far-right president, from the Liberal Party, had a 37% intention to vote against 50% for Lula, from the Workers’ Party.
This puts the former leftist president with a chance, within the margin of error, to win in the first round with half plus one of the votes. Another poll, by Ipec for TV Globo, indicates that Lula would receive 51% against 36% for Bolsonaro.
Election in a climate of tension
Brazilians voted today in the most crucial general elections of the last 30 years, with former left-wing president Luis Inácio Lula da Silva as the favorite to unseat his rival, far-right president Jair Bolsonaro.
The tables opened promptly at 8 a.m. and should close at 5 p.m., when the Electoral Justice will begin the count, which is expected to show a consolidated trend about two hours later.
According to polls, Lula, 76, could win in the first round, but Bolsonaro assures that he will be re-elected by a wide margin.
More than 156 million Brazilians were qualified to participate in the elections, in which the president, the governors of the 27 states, 21 senators, 513 federal deputies and more than 1,000 regional legislators will be elected. For the election, 577,000 electronic ballot boxes were available.
The elections are being held amid a climate of tension caused by unprecedented political violence during the campaign and by threats from Bolsonaro, 67, not to recognize the results.
Three voters of Lula’s Workers’ Party (PT) were killed during the campaign by Bolsonaro activists in the states of Paraná, Mato Grosso and Ceará, according to the police.
Bolsonaro insisted last night that he should be re-elected with at least 60% of the votes, despite the fact that the most recent polls once again showed Lula not only at the top, like the entire campaign, but with 50% of the votes plus one necessary to avoid the ballot.
Source: Ambito
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