As expected, Conservative Jair Bolsonaro got the most votes in Brazil’s election, but not enough to win outright

Conservative Jair Bolsonaro got the most votes, as expected, but not enough to win outright, as some had speculated

Bolsonaro’s result, at 46% of valid votes, falls into the “surprise” categories Goldman Sachs had mentioned in a report last week — they said more than 44% or a margin of 15 points over Haddad would be surprising.

Bolsonaro seemed to question the results of the election, saying that if it weren’t for problems with electronic ballots, Brazil would have an elected president tonight

The conservative, who’s still recovering from a attack on his life suffered last month, did a live feed on facebook — next to him sat a stoic economic adviser Paulo Guedes

The center all but imploded in this election; Marina Silva, Geraldo Alckmin and Henrique Meirelles all got less than 5% of the vote

It looks like Congress swung to the right as well, with some names who were backed by Bolsonaro posting strong results

The left, on the other hand, lost some important names, including Former President Dilma Rousseff, who failed to get elected for the Senate despite being ahead in polls; the Workers’ Party held government seats in the Northeast, a traditional stronghold.

Bloomberg