Brazilian Election to Choose Between President Jair Bolsonaro, Leftist Rival

Brazilians cast their ballots Sunday in one of the most tense presidential elections in decades

SÃO PAULO—, with President Jair Bolsonaro

to his predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in a vote that would consolidate a shift to the left in South America., was expected to get at least 50% of the vote, according to Datafolha and Ipec polls late Saturday, enough to clinch a first-round victory.

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