Brazil: Polls close as Lula, Bolsonaro vie for presidency -- live updates
02.10.2022
Brazil began reporting the initial numbers from its presidential election, with leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva set for a runoff against far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. DW has the latest.
The winner is expected to be announced on Sunday night
This article was last updated at 21:00 GMT/UTC.
Polls close at 5 p.m. local time
Polling stations around the country were scheduled to close at 5 p.m. local time (2000 GMT). Some polling stations will most likely stay open slightly later.
First figures on the vote after polls closed varied wildly in a matter of minutes.
The first numbers published by the electoral commission put Lula at 51% support. This was soon reduced to 47%. And then a third update around 20 minutes after polls closed gave a slight lead to Bolsonaro instead, at 47.6% to Lula's 41%.
The figures could continue to vacillate until a more meaningful share of the vote is counted.
Voters not just deciding on the presidency
Apart from the presidential showdown, Brazilian voters are also queuing up to elect the lower house of Congress, a third of the Senate, as well as governors and state legislators nationwide.
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