Brazil Presidential Election Vote Count at 81%... Lula Takes Lead with a 0.6% Point Margin

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] As the vote count for the Brazilian presidential runoff election surpasses 70%, former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, seeking a third term, is narrowly leading current President Jair Bolsonaro.

According to Bloomberg on the 30th (local time), with the vote count at 80.9%, former President Lula's vote share stands at 50.3%, ahead of Bolsonaro by 0.6 percentage points.

Bolsonaro led Lula in the early stages of the vote count but was overtaken as the count approached 70%.

Bloomberg reported that in the first round of voting on the 2nd, Bolsonaro was ahead of Lula until the vote count reached 70%, after which he was overtaken.

In the first round, Lula received 48.4% of the votes, while Bolsonaro received 43.2%.

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