Brazil election goes to run-off as right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro wins first round
Bolsonaro won 47% of the vote, while Lula took 45%, and the two will spend three weeks courting moderate voters before the runoff.
- On Sunday, Brazil's election headed to an Oct. 25 runoff after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro both failed to secure the required 50% of the vote.
- Seeking a fourth term, Lula faces incumbent challenges from an affordability crisis and corruption scandal, while Flavio Bolsonaro campaigns on freeing his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro.
- Electoral court data showed Flavio Bolsonaro leading with over 55.8 million votes to Lula's nearly 53.2 million, as the Organization of American States reported smooth, safe voting conditions.
- Both candidates have three weeks to court moderate voters, though rival candidates Ronaldo Caiado and Renan Santos have stated they will not endorse either bidder in the runoff.
- The winner will govern Latin America's biggest economy of 214 million people starting Jan. 5, 2027, with Flavio Bolsonaro aligned to President Trump while Lula opposes U.S. tariff policies.
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Brazil has become significantly more right-wing. Not only has the radical right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro won the first round of the presidential elections (a second round is still to come), but the already quite right-wing parliament is becoming even more right-wing. "And that will largely determine the new president's room for maneuver, but also how democracy will be organized in the coming years."
Brazil will have second round to elect president. Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (Liberal Party, PL) was the most voted candidate in the first round of the elections.
In Brazil, the first round of presidential elections took place, with the current President, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, gaining fewer votes than Senator Flavio Bolsonra, the son of former President Jair Bolsonra.
Flávio Bolsonaro’s victory in the first round of the Brazilian presidential elections leaves the second round of October pretty much sentenced. Although it has only been imposed by a couple of points over Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the surprising victory of the right-wing candidate (one of the sons of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who could not present himself as he was sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempted coup d’état when his term o…
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