Brazil's Dilma Rousseff to face presidential run-off

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Brazil's Dilma Rousseff to face presidential run-off

(BBC) Brazilian incumbent Dilma Rousseff has won most votes in the country's presidential election, but has fallen short of outright victory.

She received about 41% of the vote and is set to face a run-off against centrist Aecio Neves, who got 34%, near complete official results show.

Analysts now predict a potentially tight second round on 26 October.

The socialist candidate, prominent environmentalist Marina Silva, finished third with 21%, and is out of the race.

More than 142 million people were eligible to vote on Sunday. Turnout was 80%. Voting is mandatory for those aged between 18 and 70.

Brazilians also elected members of congress and regional governors on Sunday.

Corruption scandals

Early in the campaign, incumbent Ms Rousseff - from the left-wing Workers' Party (PT) - had been expected to win outright.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29501500

-- BBC 2014-10-06

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Sounds like the environmentalist is out of the runoff. Brazil needs a real leader, one who cares about the Amazon and its indigenous people. Sadly, that is not going to happen if either of those two runner ups win.