Brazil.- The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro will compete for the Presidency in a second electoral round on October 25, according to the official results of the elections held this Sunday, with 96.60% of the census counted.
The firstborn of the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, with 47.45% of the votes, and the progressive leader, with 44.66%, were the two most voted in a first round with no options for the other ten candidates for the head of state, according to data from the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
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Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, was ahead of Lula from the start of the count, who is performing worse than in the first round of 2022, when he reached 48.4% and 57.2 million votes.
To win the election in the first round, the candidate with the most votes needed to obtain more than 50% of the valid votes. Since neither of the two main contenders reached that percentage, Bolsonaro and Lula will face each other in a runoff on October 25, 2026.
