Flavio Bolsonaro, Lula headed to runoff in Brazil election, Datafolha projects - Reuters

- Right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are headed to a runoff in Brazil's presidential election, pollster Datafolha projected on Sunday.

With 64.81% of ballots tallied, Bolsonaro had 49.58% of the valid votes -- which exclude blank and null ballots -- in the first round against Lula's 42.25%, according to the country's electoral authority.


(Reporting by Gabriel Araujo; Writing by Fernando Cardoso; Editing by Oliver Griffin)