Brazil Elections 2018 – Who won the first round of voting and when is the second vote?
MILLIONS of Brazilians have headed to the polls in the wake of the worst recession in the country's history and a series of corruption scandals.
The clear front-runners offer radically different visions for Brazil - and it's still not clear what the 200 million strong population will choose. Here's what we know so far.
Who are the presidential candidates?
Favourites in this year's election were far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro and rival Fernando Haddad.
Their respective parties offer greatly diverging policies, but both have been rocked by controversy.
Mr Bolsonaro's Social Liberal Party (PSL) has campaigned on a platform of cutting interest rates, reforming pensions and curbing immigration.
The seven-term congressman has pledged to sell off state companies in the event of his victory, resulting in a surge in Brazil's assets value as private firms monitor the situation carefully.
Bolsonaro has expressed openly misogynistic, homophobic and anti-abortionist views, sparking widespread protests.
He is also in favour of relaxing gun ownership laws and has spoken of torture as a legitimate practice.
He also wants to restore the death penalty.
Heading up the Brazil left-wing Workers' party, Mr Haddad is an academic who served as the Mayor of São Paulo from 2013 to 2017.
The left-wing party has won every presidential election in Rio de Janeiro since 1998.
But in recent years the party has been hit by a series of scandals, most recently affecting former President Lula.
He was arrested on corruption and money laundering charges, along with the party's treasurer and a number of other high-ranking officials in what was seen as a further blow for the leftist party.
When was the first round of voting and who won?
Voters headed to the polls on October 7, 2018, for the first round of voting.
The President, Vice President and the National Congress were all up for selection.
Elections for state Governors and Vice Governors, state Legislative Assemblies and Federal District Legislative Chamber were also held at the same time.
As expected, Jair Bolsonaro won the first round of voting with 46 per cent, to Mr Haddad's 29.3 per cent.
However, Mr Bolsonaro failed to clear the 50 per cent hurdle, meaning voters will have to return to the polling stations later this month for a final vote.
Other candidates included Marina Silva, Geraldo Alckmin and Ciro Gomes, the latter who took the next highest share of the vote at 12.5 per cent.
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When is the second vote?
The second vote will take place on October 28, 2018.
It will be between Mr Bolsonaro and Mr Haddad only.
The outcome of this round is far less certain, with opinion polls previously predicting that in a second round the two candidates would be tied.