Brazil Presidential Election: A News Roundup

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff approaches a voting booth in Port Alegre, Oct. 5, 2014.

Rousseff To Face Neves In Run-Off Vote After Dramatic Collapse Of Silva -- Globe and Mail

It was a volatile election campaign all the way through, and the results in Brazil’s national vote on Sunday stayed true to form. President Dilma Rousseff finished first, but the one-time leading candidate Marina Silva, an outsider environmentalist promising dramatic change, saw her support collapse and finished a distant third.

Ms. Rousseff, whose left-wing Workers’ Party has held power for 12 years, will face a run-off vote against the centre-right candidate Aecio Neves, of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party, on Oct. 26.

Ms. Rousseff won 41 per cent of Sunday’s vote, while Mr. Neves, who until two days before was trailing in third, won 34 per cent.

Ms. Silva, an environmentalist who was a surprise entrant into the race when the the Socialist Party candidate was killed in a plane crash in August, won 21 per cent. For much of the election season, she was at the top of the polls and widely expected to win.

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Brazil Presidential Election: A News Roundup

Brazil's Rousseff to face pro-business Neves in election runoff -- Reuters
Brazil's Rousseff to face Neves in runoff vote -- USA Today/AP
Brazil's Dilma Rousseff to face presidential run-off -- BBC
Neves to Face Rousseff in Brazil in Surprise Comeback -- Bloomberg
Brazil elections: Dilma Rousseff wins first round -- The Guardian
Brazil Presidential Poll Forced into Runoff -- VOA
Rousseff to Face Neves in Second Round of Brazil Presidential Elections -- RIA Novosti
Brazil's president forced into run-off race -- Al Jazeera