Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro challenges Presidential poll

Brasilia: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged the Presidential poll arguing that votes from some machines should be 'invalidated'. He yesterday blamed a software bug and demanded the electoral authority annul votes cast on most of Brazil’s nation’s electronic voting machines, though independent experts say the bug doesn’t affect the reliability of results.

Marcelo de Bessa, the lawyer has filed the



33-page request on behalf of the President and his Liberal Party. The electoral authority has already declared victory for former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and even many of the president’s allies have accepted the results. Lula da Silva had secured 50.90 per cent of the votes, whereas his opponent Bolsonaro managed to get 49.10 per cent votes, according to Brazil’s electoral authority.