Brazil election goes to run-off as right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro wins first round
- 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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Until the close of this edition, the elections held yesterday in Brazil left a tight result in which the ultra-right opposition Flavio Bolsonaro, son of the former president of the same surname – Jair, today in home prison for having organized a coup conato in early 2023–, surpassed by two percentage points (47.03 percent) President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (45.16), while the Bolsonaro party, the Liberal, was largely imposed as the first force …
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