Brazil’s presidential vote will go to second round runoff, but the winner is still unclear
Brazil’s presidential vote will go to second round runoff on Sunday, but it is still possible to see the winner
There is no clear winner of Brazil’s presidential election, but the runner-up has not yet been determined.
Bolsonaro, a far-right nationalist, took 52.2 per cent of the vote in the first round in October, which was held with less than a week to go before presidential elections. His far-right rival, Fernando Haddad, with the leftist Workers’ Party, won 41.1 per cent.
Although the second-previous round takes place on Sunday, the winner of the second round is still a mystery.
If there is no winner among the five candidates, it will be the first time in modern history that the second-round of the presidential vote goes to the second-previous round.
A previous attempt to hold the vote with only 10 days to go was stopped by police in April after thousands of protesters stormed the ballot box.
The electoral authorities decided to hold the second round with two weeks left until the vote, but the police still tried to delay the vote in the second round.
If there is no winner after the second round, it will be the first time in modern history that the second-round of the presidential vote goes to the second-previous round. The US presidential election in 2012 was suspended by the Supreme Court after the first round was won by Barack Obama.
An electoral court will decide if the second round can go to the second-previous round. The electoral court will probably rule in favour of holding second round on Sunday, but it is not guaranteed that can happen.
Bolsonaro was already the front-runner ahead of the election campaign, with polls showing him as the candidate who would win in the first round.
However, the second-previous round, which only has the possibility of becoming a possible winner if he wins on Sunday, has divided the political spectrum