Brazil vote heads to second round
- 12 years ago
Dilma Rousseff, the leading candidate for Brazil's next presidency, will head to a runoff later this month after she won the presidential election but failed to secure an absolute majority to become the country's first female president.
With 98 per cent of the votes counted, the supreme electoral court said Rousseff captured 46.6 per cent of the vote, former Sao Paulo state governor Jose Serra got 32.8 per cent support, and Green Party candidate Marina Silva got a surprising 19.5 per cent.
Rousseff needed 50 per cent-plus-one to avoid a knockout round against Serra. She has to face Serra in the runoff on October 31.
Lucia Newman reports from the Brasilian city of Sao Paulo.
[October 4, 2010]
With 98 per cent of the votes counted, the supreme electoral court said Rousseff captured 46.6 per cent of the vote, former Sao Paulo state governor Jose Serra got 32.8 per cent support, and Green Party candidate Marina Silva got a surprising 19.5 per cent.
Rousseff needed 50 per cent-plus-one to avoid a knockout round against Serra. She has to face Serra in the runoff on October 31.
Lucia Newman reports from the Brasilian city of Sao Paulo.
[October 4, 2010]