Brazil’s Lula To Defeat Bolsonaro, Pollster Initiatives
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will win the nation’s presidential election, pollster Datafolha projected on Sunday, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a runoff to safe a fourth non-consecutive time period.
With simply over 78% of ballots counted, Lula was main Bolsonaro, son of imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro, with 51.21% help to Bolsonaro’s 48.79%.
Pollsters mentioned higher-than-expected turnout appeared to have boosted Lula. Andrei Roman, CEO of pollster AtlasIntel, additionally informed Reuters he anticipated Lula could be re-elected.
The federal electoral court docket has but to name a victor, however Lula allies have been already claiming victory on social media.
Brazil’s conservative candidates usually carry out effectively early within the rely, with leftists’ efficiency enhancing as votes from poorer, populous states within the northeast begin arriving later within the night.
Lula began strongly, and though Bolsonaro overtook him, Lula retook the lead with about half of votes counted round 8:30 p.m. in Brasilia (2330 GMT).
(Reporting by Oliver Griffin, Luciana Magalhaes and Lisandra Paraguassu in Sao Paulo; Ricardo Brito, Bernardo Caram and Brendan O’Boyle in Brasilia; Marta Nogueira in Rio de Janeiro, Trevor Hunnicutt in Washington; Writing by Brendan O’Boyle and Oliver Griffin; Editing by Alistair Bell, Christina Fincher, Andrew Heavens, Nick Zieminski and Aurora Ellis)
