Presidential vote in Brazil goes to run-off

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

With 92% of the vote counted, current president Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers’ Party, has won 41% of the first-round vote, according to results from Brazil’s top electoral court.

She will face Aecio Neves of the main opposition party, the Social Democrats, who had 34% of the vote. Mr Neves comes from a long line of Brazilian politicians.

There are not enough uncounted votes for any other challenger to surpass either Ms Rousseff or Mr Neves.

Mr Neves staged a strong comeback to make it to the second round.

He overtook former environment minister Marina Silva, who just four weeks ago held a double-digit lead over him and looked like she might win the presidency.

Brazilians voted on Sunday in the contest to determine the next leader of Latin America’s biggest nation.