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Brazil Elections: Lula Faces Runoff Against Flávio Bolsonaro
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News18•05-10-2026, 07:27
Brazil Elections: Lula Faces Runoff Against Flávio Bolsonaro
- •Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in a runoff election on October 25.
- •Neither candidate secured the majority needed for an outright victory in the first round of the 2026 presidential election.
- •The runoff will determine Brazil's next president and has significant political stakes for Latin America's largest economy.
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The first round of Brazil's 2026 presidential election took place ahead of a runoff scheduled for October 25 to determine the next presidential term.
The runoff race features incumbent leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who finished ahead in the first round.
Flávio Bolsonaro was nominated by the Liberal Party after his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, was sentenced to prison and barred from running.
