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Flavio Bolsonaro, the Liberal Party candidate, is temporarily leading the Brazilian presidential election results on Sunday evening, after 64.81 percent of voter ballots were counted, surpassing current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
According to the partial announced results, Bolsonaro received 49.58 percent of the valid votes, totaling 37,566,895 votes, compared to 42.25 percent for Lula, who garnered 32,007,853 votes.
The total number of valid votes counted so far reached 75,762,826 votes, while the advanced results showed a decrease in Bolsonaro's percentage compared to the initial results that placed him above the 50 percent threshold.
Author Augusto Cury, candidate for the "Avante" party, came in third place with 2.97 percent of the votes, amounting to 2,247,926 votes, followed by Ronaldo Caiado with 2.34 percent, totaling 1,774,893 votes.
Renan Santos came in fifth place with also 2.34 percent, having received 1,772,742 votes.
The current results indicate that Bolsonaro has not yet managed to surpass the 50 percent threshold required to win the election in the first round, pending the completion of the vote counting process, which will determine whether the election will go to a second round scheduled for October 25.
