Key facts
- Supreme Court extended voting by two hours on Sunday.
- Electoral authority paused vote count after extension.
- Early results showed Lula leading Bolsonaro 57.66% to 42.34% with 0.25% of ballots counted.
Brazil's Supreme Court extended voting in the country's presidential election by two hours on Sunday, leading the electoral authority to pause a vote count that had already started publishing early-stage results. The decision came after Justice Cristiano Zanin accepted a request by leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's campaign to extend voting, citing public transportation issues in three cities in the state of Bahia. Early results showed Lula leading right-wing Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, son of convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro, with 57.66% of votes counted.