Brazil election goes to runoff as Bolsonaro beats polls

By Victor Borges and Gram Slattery BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, electoral authorities said on Sunday, after President Jair Bolsonaro’s surprising strength in a first-round vote spoiled rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s hopes of winning outright. With 95% of electronic votes counted, Lula was ahead with 47.6% of votes versus 43.9% for Bolsonaro, the national electoral authority reported. As neither got a majority of support, the race will go to a second-round vote on Oct. 30. Several opinion surveys had shown Lula leading Bolso…

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