Brazils election outcome is a runoff in one month

Dilma Rousseff, President Lula da Silva’s handpicked choice as Brazil’s next president, has won 46.9 percent of the votes cast in 3 October’s election, shy of the 50 percent plus one vote needed to win outright. Her opponent, Jos Serra, a seasoned career politician who struggled to distinguish himself from the government’s campaign, won 32.6 …