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Brazil presidential election heads to runoff with Bolsonaro ahead of Lula

France 245 October 2026, 00:16 UTCBrazil

Brazilians voted Sunday in a high-stakes presidential election pitting incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro amid a regional shift to the right. Bolsonaro is the son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro. A runoff will take place October 25 if no candidate wins an outright majority.

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