Big lead but a run-off most likely still and he'd be favored in that.
Brazil’s far-right candidate surprises with big lead
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAO PAULO — A far-right former army captain who expresses nostalgia for Brazil’s military dictatorship took a strong lead in its presidential election Sunday, rallying voters to his promises to rid Latin America’s largest nation of rampant corruption, crime and moral rot.
With 92.5 percent of returns in, congressman Jair Bolsonaro was leading polls with 47 percent of the votes. If he manages more than 50 percent, he will win the presidency outright. If he doesn’t, he heads to a runoff with the second-place candidate.
He is trailed by Fernando Haddad, the leftist stand-in for jailed ex-President Luiz Inacio da Silva, who was barred from running. Haddad has 28 percent of the vote.
Read more at: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/07/brazil-presidential-election-results-880929
