Brazil election 2026: Live second round results
Summary
Brazil’s 2026 presidential runoff pits incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against Flávio Bolsonaro, who led the first round. At the article’s 16:00 BRT update, polls had not yet closed and no districts had been counted, so both candidates were listed at zero votes.Key Facts
- Polls were scheduled to close at 17:00 BRT, with initial results expected within an hour.
- The runoff was required because no candidate won more than half of the votes in the first round on 4 October.
- Lula represents the Workers’ party (PT); Bolsonaro represents the Liberal party (PL).
- Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro and a lawyer and former senator from Rio.
- Jair Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a failed coup attempt, according to the article.
- Flávio Bolsonaro beat Lula in Minas Gerais in the first round, with 48.43% to Lula’s 43.33%.
- Lula served as president from 2003 to 2010 and returned to office in 2023.
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