Brazil election live: counting begins in second round as fears grow over voter suppression

Polls put leftist Lula slightly ahead but concerns raised over reports of pro-Bolsonaro highway police setting up roadblocks in rival strongholds

Brazil election results tracker

Despite the fact that Brazil is the world’s fourth-largest democracy, results from more than 150 million eligible voters are presented mere hours after polls close, thanks to the country’s electronic voting system. And no significant fraud has ever been detected.

Electronic machines were first used in 1996 and the first nationwide, electronic-only vote took place four years later.

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