Brazil presidential vote headed for runoff
Preliminary election results from Brazil show President Dilma Rousseff in the lead. With nearly 88% of votes counted, Rousseff had 40.68% of votes, Brazil's Supreme Electoral Court said. Aecio Neves was in second place with 34.71%. And Marina Silva was in third place with 20.99%. If no candidate wins more than 50% of votes, there will be a runoff between the top two candidates.Exit polls Sunday indicated there would be a runoff between Rousseff and Neves. In a poll conducted by the Ibope public research firm, Rousseff won 44% of votes, Neves won 30% and Silva won 22%.
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