Highway patrols carry out roadblocks in areas that traditionally vote heavily for Left-wing challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Brazil’s election was plunged into controversy on Sunday as highway police were accused of a last-minute campaign of voter suppression that could tip the result in favour of hard-Right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.
With polls showing Mr Bolsonaro trailing his Left-wing challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva – but only by a few points – voters were facing huge delays on key roads taking them to polling stations.
Mr Bolsonaro, a former army captain, has threatened not to accept the result of the vote if he loses, while his government oversaw a rapid rise in deforestation of the Amazon.
Highway patrols carried out roadblocks in several states across the country, with the majority of reports coming from areas which traditionally vote heavily for Lula, a charismatic ex-metalworker who built up Brazil’s welfare state.