Flavio Bolsonaro slightly leads Lula in Brazil runoff, Quaest poll shows
The Quaest poll shows 46 percent of voters favoring Flávio Bolsonaro against 44 percent for incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva amid voter frustration over rising crime.
- On Sunday, October 25, 2026, Brazil holds its presidential runoff between right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after Bolsonaro led the October 4 first round with 47 percent to 45 percent.
- Mounting concerns over crime and the cost of living fueled voter fatigue, allowing Bolsonaro to capitalize on his father Jair Bolsonaro's conservative base despite the elder Bolsonaro's 27-year sentence for a coup attempt.
- Recent polls from Datafolha and Quaest show a technical tie within a 2 percent margin of error, while both campaigns mobilize the 33 million voters who abstained in the first round through digital strategies.
- During Sunday's debate, candidates exchanged accusations of corruption and "reckless spending," with Lula pledging a "technological revolution" and Bolsonaro promising more municipal funding for crime control.
- Ahead of the final televised debate on Friday, October 23, historical precedent creates a significant hurdle for the 80-year-old incumbent—every first-round leader since 1989 has won the presidency.
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A shadow on the stage, with the breath on the neck of the opponent, so much to evoke the footing or marking to man, in the football jargon, with numerous verbal provocations. "Stay here at my side, Lula, we speak together" says Flávio Bolsonaro with tone of challenge and ironic smile to the rival and outgoing president Luiz "Inácio" Lula da Silva. "Not [...] The article Elections Brazil, total confrontation on TV between Lula and Bolsonaro Jr. "…
There are low charges and blows between the two candidates one week after the ballot: clash on corruption and security. At the end of the fight between the two staff. The leader of the right won the first round of presidential elections with 47% of the votes against 45% of the former president,...
Sao Paulo., With more personal grievances than proposed, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his rival ultra-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro debated last night for the first time on television, a week after the second round of elections in Brazil, while they tied up in polls.
Senator Flavio Bolsonar is only 0.6 per cent ahead of his rival in the presidential election of Brazilian President-in-Office Luis Inácio Lulu da Silva, reporting to Bloomberg on Monday with reference to the poll.
Provocations, exchange of charges, knock-out, audience interventions marked a duel between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro. See the main moments.
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