Brazil’s Election Sees Bolsonaro, Lula Head to Runoff Amid Tight Race

Brazil’s Election Sees Bolsonaro, Lula Head to Runoff Amid Tight Race
(Left) Former president of Brazil and candidate of Worker's Party Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, on Oct. 2, 2022. (Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images); (Right) President of Brazil and presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Oct. 2, 2022. Buda Mendes/Getty Images
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Brazil’s presidential election is headed for a runoff vote later this month after neither of the nation’s top two candidates managed to secure enough support on Sunday to claim an outright victory.

Brazil’s election authority announced on Sunday that a second round of voting was a mathematical certainty.