Ione Wells
Reporting from Brasilia
Image source, ReutersFlavio Bolsonaro arrives with his wife, Fernanda Bolsonaro, to cast his vote at a polling station in Rio de Janeiro
Both candidates have thanked their supporters for their second-round campaigning.
Voting in his home state of Rio de Janeiro, Flávio Bolsonaro said “we brought joy to the streets” and said “the time for real change has arrived.”
He argued that life had become worse under President Lula da Silva and said hope had “turned into fear, of walking the streets at night…of being unable to pay overdue bills.”
President Lula, who is voting in Sao Paulo today, said “what the people did in this second round is something I have never seen in my life.”
After he came second in the first round, his supporters mobilised huge rallies of hundreds of thousands of people to try to boost his vote and turnout.
One WhatsApp group of supporters had more than 10 million members.
Image source, EPA/ShutterstockLula greets supporters after casting his ballot in Sao Bernardo do Campo
