Brazil lurches to the right as Lula falters in the first round of presidential election

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Brazil’s presidential election is headed to a second round after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva failed to secure an outright victory. Lula trailed challenger Flávio Bolsonaro by about 1.8 percentage points, or 2.2 million votes, in the first round.

Instead of winning in the first round, as his supporters had expected, Lula trailed his challenger Flávio Bolsonaro by about 1.8 percentage points, or 2.2 million votes