Brazil election results give Dilma Rousseff clear lead

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Sun Oct-03-10 07:27 PM
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Brazil election results give Dilma Rousseff clear lead

Source: BBC

Partial results in Brazil give the candidate for the governing Workers' Party, Dilma Rousseff, the lead in the country's presidential election.

Ms Rousseff is the favoured successor to President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva, who has completed two terms.

With 90% of ballots counted, Ms Rousseff has 46% of valid votes, while her main opponent, Jose Serra, has 33%.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11460922

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bemildred

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Sun Oct-03-10 07:41 PM
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1. Sounds like a mandate. nt

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Sun Oct-03-10 08:39 PM
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2. has to win with a majority

so this is going on to another round

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