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| Brazilians vote in key city polls | Brazilians vote in key city polls |
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| Voting has finished in the second round of Brazil's local elections, regarded as an important test for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's Workers' Party. | |
| Voters were choosing mayors and councillors across the country. | |
| The Workers' Party won in many cities in the first round, but appeared poised to lose a mayoral run-off in Sao Paulo. | |
| Brazilian mayors are powerful figures, and the elections are seen as an indicator of who may succeed President Lula when he steps down in 2010. | Brazilian mayors are powerful figures, and the elections are seen as an indicator of who may succeed President Lula when he steps down in 2010. |
| Brazil's constitution limits the president to two consecutive terms and the PT has yet to select a candidate for the presidential election. | Brazil's constitution limits the president to two consecutive terms and the PT has yet to select a candidate for the presidential election. |
| In Sao Paulo, opinion polls suggested conservative incumbent Gilberto Kassab is far ahead of Marta Suplicy of the Workers' Party. | |
| The party is also contesting run-offs in Rio De Janeiro and the south-eastern city of Belo Horizonte. | The party is also contesting run-offs in Rio De Janeiro and the south-eastern city of Belo Horizonte. |
| Campaigning for the elections centred on crime, unemployment, health care and education. | Campaigning for the elections centred on crime, unemployment, health care and education. |