Polls Close in Brazil as Presidential Race Ends in Chaos, With Both Camps Trading Accusations

Polls have closed in Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, bringing a chaotic close to the presidential race as voting stations shut.

The race pitted the incumbent leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, against Flávio Bolsonaro, who is described in the report as a Trump ally.

Lula accused officials in some areas of slowing transit, an accusation raised by the incumbent president's camp on polling day.

Flávio Bolsonaro, for his part, said flooding was hampering his voters, pointing to the floods as the cause of his supporters' difficulties on polling day.

As the polls closed, both camps had put forward their own accusations — Lula's camp alleging that transit had been slowed, and Bolsonaro's camp saying flooding had hampered its voters.