Copenhagen – In all, 141,501 Brazilians voted in the presidential elections in 89 different countries last Sunday (5th). The figure is 63% higher than in the first stage of presidential elections in 2010. The abstention rate (the number of apt voters who did not show up) also increased, from 55.5% to 59.9%.
The vote count from 954 voting machines were set up in 135 cities across all continents, the results were as follows: the candidate from PSDB (the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy), Aécio Neves, had 49.51% of votes, as against 26.01% for Marina Silva, from PSB (the Brazilian Socialist Party). Dilma Rousseff, of PT (Workers’ Party) finished third in votes abroad, at 18.35%.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum