{"id":524584,"date":"2026-10-04T20:25:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T00:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/lula-and-bolsonaro-will-compete-for-the-presidency-of-brazil-in-a-runoff-election\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T20:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T00:25:55","slug":"lula-and-bolsonaro-will-compete-for-the-presidency-of-brazil-in-a-runoff-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/lula-and-bolsonaro-will-compete-for-the-presidency-of-brazil-in-a-runoff-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Lula and Bolsonaro will compete for the Presidency of Brazil in a runoff election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Brazil<\/strong>.- The Brazilian president, Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, and Senator Fl\u00e1vio 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You can also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/internacionales\/brasil-acude-a-las-urnas\/\">Brazil heads to the polls in an election marked by 2026<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fl\u00e1vio 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To win the election in the first round, the candidate with the most votes needed to obtain more than 50% of the valid votes. 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