she took the place of eduardo campos, who died in a plane crash. she dropped to third behind this man, aecio neves. he's probusiness, a social democrat, comes from one of brazil's most powerful political din afties. we are joined live from sao paulo. we mentioned the size of the elect ray. at the end of the day it's tight, the race at the moment, isn't it? >> it is. absolutely. this is an historic election here in brazil. nationwide, there are 14,800 candidates running for varies offices, the biggest election in brazil's modern history, an election full of twists and turps, and comes -- turns, and comes down to less than two hours before the polls close and we'll get the initial results back. it's been unpredictable, in the last several weeks, dating back to august, when eduardo campos, a one-time candidate died in a plane crash, that threw the campaign into turmoil, and now we are where we are, here on the voting day in brazil. i want to talk more about this. i want to bring in a brazilian journalist. thank you for joining me, has this been the mo

maria silva was leading following the death of eduardo campos, but only achieved 21%. >> reporter: dilma rousseff was basketing in victory, but not enough to be elected. >> translation: this is a simple message that i have to move forward and continue with each one of the voters to change brazil. but the story of the night was aecio neves who made a late surge to finish a strong second. the message to get the economy going, an attraction and a strong debate, the candidate from the center party mimedz himself on the cusp. >> my candidacy is a great benefit to brazil. i want to make the most of the coming days. in a country where more than half the people are not satisfied with the government but unemployment is at record lows, both candidates will draw out the vision for the country. >> both of them are close in their platforms, political platforms. >> it looks like a first call conservative and at a social programme. while more than 100 million brazilians cast a ballot. the message was just as loud. many were dissatisfied. the ab essential was 20%, in sao paulo, it was 30%. tens of milli

she led the polls in august when she entered the race following the sud n death of eduardo campos. >> we, again, will have a battle with those that governed for a third of the population, abandoning those that need more. the brazilians don't want to return to the ghosts of the past. . >> translation: it's time to unite forces. my candidacy is that of a political party or an alliance. it's more pure feeling than those feeling angry able to treatment. >> the country's sluggish economy could be at the center of the race. >> in the end the brazilian people decided they want more time to decide who is to be the next president, as it will be a run-off between dilma rousseff, and potential aecio neves. for dilma rousseff. she is really feeling comfortable at this point in the sense that she came in number one. she will face a challenge, especially on the economy. she is overseeing the economy. she is overseeing an economy with negative results. it was a business friendly candidate from the state. she will bring up economic issues over the next several weeks as they approach the run-off elect

significant because silva had been doing very well in the polls for many weeks now since she replaced eduardo campos after he died in that plane crash. now that she's polling number two means that dilma rouceff does not get 50%, it will go to a run off. >> really looks like i it's been the last week of campaigning, what are the key themes dominating the discussions? >> the economy and corruption. first on the economy, dilma rouceff came in power the economy was growing at 7%. now it's expected to be 0.7% growth. this is a country really in recession, all of her opponents have been hammering her in debates and on the campaign trail on that. also corruption dilma rouceff has not been accused of corruption, but she has several allies in her workers' party under investigation or in jail for corruption, so silva and neves and orego other opponents say that they need to cleanous. it's the economy that has been the key points in the time days of this campaign. >> thank you very much. reporting from just outside of sao paulo on the brazilian election. >>> in ukraine fights has intensified around donetsk. th

and very dramatic presidential contest, starting with the death of the third placed candidate, eduardo campos, the rise of his running mate marina silva and aecio neves, coming up in the second round, it's been such a dynamic contest, and because of the sluggish growth the president wasn't able to pat her margin. and that hotly disputed contest forced a lot of mud slinging and very little talk about exactly how much each candidate would succeed in actually rebooting the economy. >> very, very hotl hotly contes. does this show how much the country is divided when this was such a hot race? >> well i think it is divided. the incumbent won hands down in the northeast and the north, some of the poorest regions of brazil while the challenger neves did well in the southeast and the south, especially the state of sao paulo. the ones who aren't middle class or thriving in the sector, president dilma has delivered more. and strong government policies that he was the right guy at the right time to lead even you know deeper social policies and employment policies and so forth. so that's a lesson learned

she was chosen to be the candidate for the party after the death of her running mate eduardo campos.ut here we are now deep in the amazon jungle. thousands of miles away from the big metropolis of sao paulo. people like sebastian are hoping and expecting that the woman who grew up here could become the next president of brazil. >> there in the amazon rain forest in acre. >>> let's take you to hong kong and update you on the situation there. police are warning there will be serious koconsequences if they y to charge government buildings. demonstrators have been in several parts of hong kong all week, but they are currently gathered around the chief executive's office. they are demanding that beijing withdraw its plans to vet candidates for the elections. they are also demanding that hong kong's leader c.y. leung steps down. china has said it fully supports him and police are saying they want the demonstrators to leave. it doesn't look like they're going anywhere, though. take a look at these pictures we've got for you. the latest scenes at one of the protest sites. still quite a few p