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More than 156 million Brazilians are called to elect their president on Sunday.
If the polls have been predicting for months a third term of four years for the former left-wing head of state Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2003-2010), the outgoing far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, 67, can still believe it after his unexpected score in the 1st round of October 2: 43% against 48% for Lula.
Some 120 million voters are expected to use voting machines to designate the future president, a system criticized by Jair Bolsonaro who has questioned, without supporting evidence, his integrity.
The final vote tally could be tight on Sunday evening and increase tension and polarization in the country.
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