With the Brazilian election results now almost all in we know that we will have second round run-off elections for President and State Governor here in Paraíba on October 26th - 3 weeks today. The system works so that when no candidate has a a clear majority then the top two in round one go into a run-off.
President Dilma has thus far received 41.45% of the votes and Aécio Neves came second with 33,71%. Our Christian candidate sadly only came third with 21.28%. (98.59% of the votes have now been counted)
Here in Paraíba State it is much tighter with the present excellent governor receiving 46.05% of the votes and his opponent Cássio (previously removed from office when a governor on another occasion owing to his corruption!) received 47.44%. (99.95% of the votes have been counted)
My impression is that Dilma will be returned to power as president, but the battle for the State of Paraíba is too close to call. I will certainly vote for the present governor Ricardo again, but who I will vote for for president will need a lot of thought.
So it's been a tough day and adding to everything else QPR lost again and are firmly cemented at the bottom of the Premiership again and heading full steam ahead for the Championship in 2015. Calls amongst supporters for the manager to go are growing. Sooner, rather than later, would be best in my opinion, before we lose all touch with the pack.
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