Bolsonaro, Lula headed to a runoff on Brazil election
Published Date: 10/3/2022
Source: Associated Press
(3 Oct 2022)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro - 2 October 2022
1. Drone shot of Christ the Redeemer statue surrounded by clouds on the day of elections
HEADLINE: Bolsonaro, Lula headed to a runoff on Brazil election
2. Various of electronic voting machine printing voting tally
ANNOTATION: Brazil's top two presidential candidates will face each other in a runoff vote after neither got enough support to win outright Sunday.
3. Various of people voting
ANNOTATION: The election decides if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world's fourth-largest democracy or keeps the far-right incumbent in office.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sao Paulo - 2 October 2022
4. Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva walking to address the crowd
ANNOTATION: With 99.9% of the votes tallied, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had 48.4% support and President Jair Bolsonaro had 43.2%.
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Lula da Silva, former Brazilian President and candidate:
"I always believed that we were going to win those elections. And I want to tell you that we will win these elections."
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Rio de Janeiro - 2 October 2022
6. Various of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro supporters outside Bolsonaro's Rio home
ANNOTATION: The tightness of the result came as a surprise since pre-election polls had given da Silva a commanding lead.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sao Paulo - 2 October 2022
7. Signs reading (Portuguese): "Out Bolsonaro" and a shirt with a photo of Lula da Silva with the phrase (Portuguese) "My vote is secret."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brasilia - 2 October 2022
8. Various of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro giving statements to the media
ANNOTATION: President Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly questioned the reliability of the country's electronic machines, did not challenge Sunday night's results.
9. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian President and candidate:
"What worries me is Brazil losing its freedom, Brazil following steps to the left, in the same path as Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia."
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Iranduba, state of Amazonas - 2 October 2022
ANNOTATION: Bolsonarea will face da Silva in a high stakes October 30 presidential runoff
10. Volunteer of Amazon electoral tribunal transporting voting machines and elections materials
11. First voters arrive on a boat to cast ballots
12. Voters waiting to vote and the Brazilian flag hanging on a wall
STORYLINE:
Brazil's top two presidential candidates will face each other in a runoff vote after neither got enough support to win outright Sunday in an election to decide if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world's fourth-largest democracy or keeps the far-right incumbent in office.
With 99.9% of he votes tallied, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had 48.4% support and President Jair Bolsonaro had 43.2%.
Nine other candidates were also competing, but their support pales to that for Bolsonaro and da Silva, who is commonly known as Lula.
The tightness of the result came as a surprise since pre-election polls had given da Silva a commanding lead.
The last Datafolha survey published Saturday had found a 50% to 36% advantage for da Silva.
It interviewed 12,800 people, with a margin of error of 2 percentage points.
Speaking at a post-vote press conference, da Silva referred to the scheduled October 30 runoff vote against Bolsonaro as "extra time" in a soccer game.
"I want to win every election in the first round. But it isn't always possible," he said.
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