Brazil Election Live Results

Brazilians went to the polls today, to elect congress representatives, state governors and the president. The front-runners are Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who led the country between 2003 and 2010, and current President Jair Bolsonaro

Avenida Paulista, in São Paulo, after the polls closed: Brazilians await the counting of the 2022 elections.(Arturo Luna)

By Bloomberg Línea

Bloomberg Línea — Brazilians voted this Sunday in the first round of an election that pitted President Jair Bolsonaro against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

With 41.19 % of the polling stations counted, Jair Bolsonaro has 22,028,936 votes, 47.01% of the total; while Lula has 20,693,81, 44.16%.