Brazil election: ex-president Lula to face Bolsonaro in runoff

Brazilians will go to the polls again after former president won the first vote but failed to secure a majority over the incumbent

Brazil's acrimonious presidential race will go to a second round after the former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva failed to secure the overall majority he needed to avoid a runoff with the far-right incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro.

With more than 99.5% of votes counted the leftist veteran had secured 48.3% of the vote, not enough to avoid the 30 October show down with his rightwing rival. Bolsonaro, who significantly out-performed pollsters' predictions and will be buoyed by the result, received 43.3%.