By Lucas Leiroz | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 25, 2026 The results of the first round of Brazil’s 2026 presidential election sparked a wave of analysis on the Brazilian left. With Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of Lula in the vote count, many commentators looked for explanations in evangelical voters’ behavior, moral conservatism, and the influence […]
In the first round of the presidential elections, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro obtained 47% of the votes, with 56.1 million votes, compared to 45.16% reached by the current president, equivalent to 53.8 million votes.