Socialist Left Movement/PSOL - The left candidate Lula da Silva won the first round with 48.4% of the vote (57,259,504 votes) against 43.2% for his right-wing opponent Jair Bolsonaro (51,072,345 votes): an advantage of about 6 million votes. However, what marked the result - contrary to the expectation created by all the opinion polls - was that Bolsonaro did much better than predicted.
Brasilia, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) At least seven in 11 presidential candidates to elections in Brazil will participate on Thursday in a last debate before voting days slated for October 2 to be aired by TV Globo.
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