Politics
Brazil votes in tight runoff between Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro
October 25, 2026 at 09:56 AM
3 reports · 1 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 3 hours
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فلافيو بولسونارو: البرازيل سئمت الانتظار مع لولا وتريد التغيير
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AJAl Jazeera English
Brazil 2026 election live: Lula and Bolsonaro in tight race
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TGThe Guardian
Brazilians vote in presidential election runoff pitting leftist Lula against far-right Bolsonaro
(opens the publisher’s site)Brazilians voted Sunday in a nearly tied runoff between President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and far-right Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who won the first round.
- Voting opened at 8am local time, with nearly 160 million citizens eligible to elect a president.
- Bolsonaro won the October 4 first round by less than 2 percent, the narrowest margin ever recorded in Brazil.
- Lula is seeking an unprecedented fourth term in office.
- Bolsonaro has promised to pardon his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, under house arrest for attempting a coup.
- At his closing rally in Rio de Janeiro, Bolsonaro said Brazilians are 'tired of waiting' under Lula and want change, pledging lower taxes and tougher security.