Brazil set for election run-off

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Brazil’s presidential election goes to a second round after incumbent Lula fails to win an outright victory. (BBC News — 3 October, 2006)
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil says he is certain he will be re-elected in a second round of voting. (BBC News — 3 October, 2006)
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Brazilians have voted in presidential elections with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seeking a second term in office. (BBC News — 2 October, 2006)
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Brazil’s leftist president fell short of the votes he needed to win a second term Sunday night, triggering a runoff later this month. (MSNBC — 2 October, 2006)
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Brazil’s leftist president led his main challenger in his bid for re-election Sunday, but was falling just shy of the majority of votes needed to avoid a runoff, results showed. (International Herald Tribune — 2 October, 2006)
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Thursday he did not believe his campaign manager was involved in corruption, but replaced him because he needed to finish his re-election campaign without distractions. (CNN — 2 October, 2006)
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_President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 60, a fifth-grade dropout and lathe-operator turned labor leader, has abandoned much of the leftist rhetoric of his last presidential campaign and adhered to fiscal austerity and market-friendly policies. Elected in 2002, Silva became Brazil’s first president from the working class. His administration has been tarnished by corruption scandals linked to Silva’s Workers’ Party and campaign aides, but Silva still draws strong support from legions of poor who receive monthly government subsidies. (International Herald Tribune — 30 September, 2006)
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RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s embattled President, Luiz Inacio Lula daSilva, finished first in Sunday’s presidential vote but shockedpundits by falling just short of the majority needed to avoid arun-off poll on October 29. – (Sydney Morning Herald — 2 October, 2006)
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Political analysts are uncertain if Brazil�s president, made vulnerable by another corruption scandal, will obtain the majority he needs to avoid a runoff. (New York Times — 2 October, 2006)
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