RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s leftist President Dilma Rousseff won a first-round election on Sunday (Monday in Manila) and will face business favorite Aecio Neves in what is shaping up to be a hard-fought runoff.

With nearly all ballots counted, Rousseff had 41 percent of the vote and Neves 34 percent, leaving popular environmentalist Marina Silva—who once looked set to become Brazil’s first black president —relegated with 21 percent.

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