Brazil Far-Right Candidate Takes Strong Lead in Vote Tally
- Bolsonaro gets 56% of votes, Haddad has 44%, with 96% counted
- New president attracted following with hard line on crime
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Brazil’s far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won Sunday’s presidential runoff, according to a near complete count of the vote published by electoral authorities.
Bolsonaro got 55.5 percent of the votes followed by Workers’ Party candidate Fernando Haddad with 44.5 percent, with 96.3 percent of votes counted, according to electoral authorities. The former army captain will take office Jan. 1.