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Lula, Flavio Bolsonaro head to runoff in Brazil presidential election

Brazil's presidential election will head to a runoff on Oct. 25 after no candidate secured a majority of valid votes in the first round, official results showed Sunday. According to results released by the Superior Electoral Court, with over 99 percent of the ballots counted, Flavio Bolsonaro, presidential candidate of Brazil's Liberal Party, garnered about 47 percent of valid votes. Incumbent President Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party came in second with about 45 percent.

Event date
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Coverage
5 outlets · 5 articles
first · latest
Reporting countries
China, Finland, Myanmar, United States
English
Countries concerned
Brazil
Politics · intensity 0.0 · tone 0.60
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Covered mainly by the Western sphere (50%); silent in Arab-Muslim world, Global South.

Western 50%Sino-Russian & BRICS 50%Arab-Muslim world 0%Global South 0%

Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.

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  • Confirmed by 2 outlets in 2 countries.
  • Ignored by Arab-Muslim world, Global South.
  • Propagation: first reported by Associated Press (YouTube) (United States), . No word-for-word republication detected.

Headline clash across the four spheres

Western
Sino-Russian & BRICS
Arab-Muslim world

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Global South

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

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Event sources

  1. Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula react as Brazil presidential election heads to a runoff
    Associated Press (YouTube)États-UnisUnited States → BrazilEnglish
  2. Lula, Flavio Bolsonaro head to runoff in Brazil presidential election
    en.ce.cnUnknownChina → BrazilEnglish