Bolsonaro wins big among Brazilian voters in Nepal and Paraguay

g1.globo.com (Portuguese) —

Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro lost the national election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who won with 51.79% of the vote, but Bolsonaro secured overwhelming victories among Brazilian voters in several foreign countries. In Nepal, Bolsonaro received 12 of 13 valid votes cast, or 92.31%, while in Paraguay he won 86.60% of the vote overall, including 95.84% in Salto del Guairá and 91.52% in Ciudad del Este. Lula won the overall overseas vote with 53.86% across 90 countries, though turnout was low at 41.63%, with 381,443 of over 916,000 eligible voters participating.


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