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Andrew Downie in São Paulo

Brazilians go to polls with Lula slight favourite to oust far-right Bolsonaro

Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro drive past supporters of Brazilian former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva holding a rally in a street in Brasília, on Saturday.
Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro drive past a rally for former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília on Saturday. Photograph: Evaristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images

Brazilians head to the polls on Sunday in their most important election for years, with leftist challenger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva the slight favourite to put an end to four years of destructive government by the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro.

Opinion polls on the eve of the ballot gave Lula, as the Workers’ party candidate is known, a lead of between four and eight percentage points.

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