Politics
Brazil votes as Lula seeks fourth term against Flavio Bolsonaro
October 4, 2026 at 10:59 AM
3 reports · 1 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 10 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
Brazil election results live: Lula and Bolsonaro locked in a tight race
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Brazil elections live: Lula faces Bolsonaro in close presidential race
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الجامعة العربية تبدأ مراقبة الانتخابات بالبرازيل وتتابع الاقتراع والفرز
(opens the publisher’s site)Voting has opened in Brazil's presidential election, with incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seeking a fourth term against Senator Flavio Bolsonaro.
- Voting opened at 8am local time and closes at 5pm, with nearly 160 million citizens eligible to vote for president, governors and federal legislators.
- Lula is seeking an unprecedented fourth term in a tightly contested race against Flavio Bolsonaro.
- The Arab League's monitoring mission, led by Ambassador Ibrahim Al-Zabin, has begun work in Brasilia after a seminar hosted by the Supreme Electoral Court on October 2–3.
- The mission will issue a preliminary statement after initial results and a final report to Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy.