12:14 a.m .: Bolsonaro would be in the lead, according to 30% of the ballots counted
First results of the presidential election in Brazil are starting to be released.
Incumbent far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is given at the top of the partial results of the presidential election in Brazil communicated Sunday, October 2 by the electoral authority.
After 30.8% of the voting machines counted, Jair Bolsonaro is credited with 47.6% of the vote, against 43.6% for his main rival, the former left-wing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, known as "Lula".
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