Brazil Election Authority: Bolsonaro, Da Silva Headed To Runoff

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro will head to a runoff vote on Oct. 30.

Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the leftist Workers' Party got the most votes in Brazil's presidential election Sunday but not enough to avoid a runoff vote against his far-right rival, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

With 97% of the votes tallied, da Silva had 47.9% support and Bolsonaro 43.6%. Since neither candidate received more than 50% of the valid votes, which exclude spoiled and blank ballots, a second round vote between them will be scheduled for Oct. 30.

Brazil's election authority announced late Sunday that a second round was a mathematical certainty.