Brazil votes for new president

With double-digit poll lead, ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff expected to become country's first female president.

Voting has opened in Brazil for a landmark presidential poll that opinion surveys suggest may see a female candidate being elected the country's president for the first time.

On the eve of Sunday's vote, four opinion polls showed Dilma Rousseff, the candidate of the ruling Workers' party, with a double digit lead over her rival Jose Serra.

Four opinion polls released on Saturday gave Rousseff a lead of between 10 and 13 percentage points, following a televised debate between the candidates late on Friday. Rousseff struck a confident note on Saturday while speaking to reporters.

"I will govern for all Brazilians. There will be no discrimination of parties. I won't govern only for my coalition," she said. [Andre Vargas, communications secretary for the Workers' party, predicted a win for Rousseff with a comfortable margin.] "We should win with a minimum advantage of 10 percentage points and a maximum of 15 points,"[ he said.]

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