China News Agency, Sao Paulo, October 30 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) The second round of voting in the 2022 Brazilian presidential election officially started at 8:00 a.m. local time on the 30th.
The candidate of the Labor Party, former President Lula, and the candidate of the Liberal Party, the current President Bolsonaro, will face off, and the winner will be elected as the new President of Brazil.
According to Brazilian media reports, at 9:12 a.m. that day, Lula voted at a school polling station in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo state.
At about 8 a.m. that day, Bolsonaro voted at a polling station in the west district of Rio de Janeiro.
On the 29th, the latest survey results released by several Brazilian polling agencies showed that Lula's support rate was slightly ahead, but Bolsonaro's gap with it was shrinking.
According to statistics from Brazil's High Electoral Court, there are 156 million registered voters in Brazil's general election this year, accounting for about 73% of Brazil's total population, an increase of more than 6% from the 2018 election.
In this round of voting, in addition to electing Brazil's new president and vice president, voters will also elect the governors of 12 states, including Sao Paulo, that have not been elected in the first round of voting.
In the first round of voting held on October 2, Brazil has elected the governors of 14 states and the head of the Federal District, where the capital Brasilia is located.
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