2014 Brazilian Presidential Election Run-Off Sunday Oct 26,2014

Incumbent President Dilma Rousseff was re-elected Sunday in the tightest race Brazil has seen since its return to democracy three decades ago, giving the juggernaut Workers’ Party its fourth-straight presidential victory and the chance to extend its social transformation of the globe’s fifth-largest country. Ms. Rousseff took 51.6 % of the votes and centre-right challenger Aecio Neves had 48.4 %, with almost all ballots counted.


President Dilma Rousseff was re-elected on Sunday Oct 26,2014 after a tight runoff vote against a centrist challenger Aecio Neves.Dilma Rousseff of the Worker's Party took 51.6 percent against Aecio Neves with 99 % of votes counted
Dilma Roussef with her political mentor and predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

 

Supporters of Rousseff waved flags with her name and the symbol of the Worker's Party during a ceremony celebrating her re-election

 

Dilma Rousseff's election marks a continuation of her Worker's Party in control of Brazil's executive branch, which it has held since 2003.

In Brasilia,Dilma Rousseff took the stage in front of red banners emblazoned with photos from her days as a militant fighting the military dictatorship

'My dears, my friends, we have arrived at the end of a campaign that intensely mobilized all the forces of this country,' she said 'I thank every Brazilian, without exception.'

 

In her speech Sunday, she expressed her gratitude to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who she served as chief of staff during his second presidential term and who tipped her to run in 2010.

Dilma Rousseff became the country's first woman president after her election in 2010. Born into an upper-class family, she became a socialist after the 1964 coup and was arrested and reportedly tortured by the regime.

In São Paulo, the capital of Brazil's wealthiest state, where Neves's Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) enjoys a large following, the mood was subdued.
Aecio Neves conceded defeat in a speech to supporters in the southern city of Belo Horizonte
 

Brazil's investor class has been cold on Rousseff, and Brazil's markets took a tumble on poll results showing she was likely to win the runoff. Some fear another drop when they open Monday Oct 27,2014