Politics
Brazil's presidential race heads to polls with Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro neck-and-neck
October 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM · Updated 13d ago
Coverage
5 reports · 2 in Arabic, 3 in English · over 13 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
الانتخابات البرازيلية.. خيار المواطن بين سيادة بلاده وشعوره بالأمان في الشارع
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AJAl Jazeera English
What to know about Brazil’s 2026 presidential election
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BNBBC News
Why has Brazil accused the US of election interference?
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
من إرث الأب إلى اختبار الصندوق.. حظوظ فلافيو بولسونارو للفوز برئاسة البرازيل
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TGThe Guardian
Brazil’s neck-and-neck election offers test for growing pro-Trump Latin American bloc
(opens the publisher’s site)Brazilians vote Sunday in a presidential election that polls show as a neck-and-neck race between incumbent Lula da Silva and far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
- If neither candidate wins 50 percent plus one of the votes, a runoff will be held on October 25.
- Bolsonaro has pledged to join the US-led Shield of the Americas coalition and take an "iron fist" approach to crime.
- Lula said it is "sad to see the inferiority complex of Latin American presidents" who joined the coalition.
- Bolsonaro is running because his father, convicted of attempting a coup after his 2022 defeat, is under house arrest.
- Lula accused Bolsonaro's campaign of encouraging foreign interference as Washington has backed closer ties with Brazil's right wing.
- A latest poll gives Lula 45% of valid votes versus 40% for Flávio Bolsonaro, narrowing the neck-and-neck framing.
- Sunday's vote also covers governorships and legislative seats, alongside the presidential race.