Brazil presidential election

Brazil's presidential election will go to a second round after Dilma Rousseff failed to win an outright victory in yesterday’s voting.



With 98 per cent of votes counted, President Lula's former cabinet chief has 47 per cent with Jose Serra trailing on 33 per cent.



The two will contest a run-off vote in four weeks.



BBC reports say a strong showing by the Green Party candidate, Marina Silva, who polled 19 per cent, may have cost Rousseff a first-round win.



Workers Party candidate Dilma Rousseff is the favoured successor to President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva, who has completed two terms, and cannot run for a third.