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The first round of the presidential election in Brazil took place on Sunday 2 October. Contrary to what the polls announced, the candidate of the left Lula did not win the election in the first round against I have r Bolsonarocandidate for re-election.
In São Paulo (Brazil), the activists of Lula, former president of the workers’ left, celebrate, without jubilation, the short lead of their candidate in the first round of the presidential election, Sunday, October 2. “I’ve never won an election in the first round, it seems like fate likes to make me work a little harder”announces Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, candidate for the Brazilian presidential election. In the first round, he collected 48.4% of the votes, just ahead of I have r Bolsonarothe outgoing president, who won 43.2% of the vote. The polls predicted a 15 point difference between the two candidates.
“I am revolted because we should have won, for good, from the first round”says a socialist activist. For its part, the camp of the far-right candidate, I have r Bolsonarostill hoping for victory. Despite the 650,000 deaths due to Covid-19, mass poverty and deforestation in the Amazon, I have r Bolsonaro presented himself as the candidate of the order. The second round of the Brazilian presidential election will take place on October 30.