Brazilian Election to Choose Between President Jair Bolsonaro, Leftist Rival

SO PAULO — Brazilians voted on Sunday in one of the most intense presidential elections in decades, with the President Jair Bolsonaro forecast in the polls to lose to his predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvain a vote that would reinforce a left-wing turn in South America.

Mr. da Silva, a former president and longtime standard-bearer for the Latin American left who was jailed for corruption in 2018 and 2019, is expected to receive at least 50% of the vote, according to Mr. Datafolha and Ipec polls late on Saturday. to win the first round.