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| Rousseff set to face Brazil run-off | Rousseff set to face Brazil run-off |
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| Brazilian incumbent Dilma Rousseff has won most votes in the country's presidential election but fell short of outright victory, exit polls suggest. | |
| They indicate she got 44% of votes and will face a run-off against centrist Aecio Neves, who is credited with 30%. | |
| Brazil's voting system is all electronic and is likely to deliver official results shortly. | |
| More than 142 million people took part in the polls, following a dramatic election campaign. | More than 142 million people took part in the polls, following a dramatic election campaign. |
| Environmentalist Marina Silva is predicted to finish in the third place with 22%. | |
| Early in the campaign, incumbent Ms Rousseff - from the centre-left Workers' Party (PT) - had been expected to win outright. | |
| However, the death of one of the main candidates, Socialist Eduardo Campos, had a major effect on the race when he was replaced with Ms Silva. | |
| During Ms Rousseff's tenure as president, unemployment has been lower than under any of her predecessors, at about 5%. The minimum wage has risen and the number of undernourished Brazilians has been falling. | |
| But the past 18 months have been marred by recession and corruption scandals, and protests over poor public services and the World Cup costs. |