President Dilma Rousseff was counting on Brazilians’ gratefulness for a decade of progress to overcome concerns about a sluggish economy as the leftist leader sought re-election after a bitter, unpredictable campaign.

In Brazil’s most unpredictable election in decades, it was the candidate with the old-school family pedigree and a calm, presidential air who turned the race upside down with a dramatic late surge.

Brazil’s presidential election has been forced into a run-off vote because no single candidate won a majority of the vote.

A man was charged with murder today after the dismembered body of his British girlfriend was found in a suitcase in central Brazil, police said.