25.10.2026 16:12
In Brazil, 158.7 million voters are going to the polls for the second round of the presidential election. In the election, in which former President Jair Bolsonaro's son Flavio Bolsonaro and incumbent President Lula da Silva are competing, Flavio Bolsonaro had finished the first round ahead with 47.03 percent of the vote. The polls will close at 17:00 local time, and opinion polls point to a knife-edge race.
In Brazil, people went to the polls for the second round of the presidential election, in which former President Jair Bolsonaro's son Flavio Bolsonaro and current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faced each other.
158.7 MILLION VOTERS AT THE POLLS
After no candidate received more than 50 percent of the valid votes in the presidential election held in Brazil on October 4, people went to the polls for the second round of voting. The country's 158.7 million registered voters began voting as of 07:00 local time. It was announced that the polls would close at 17:00 in the second round, in which former President Jair Bolsonaro's son Flavio Bolsonaro, who finished the first round in the lead, faced current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. While election polls indicated that the race would be neck and neck, experts commented that undecided voters and voters who do not go to the polls would determine the result.
FLAVIO BOLSONARO HAD FINISHED THE FIRST ROUND IN THE LEAD
In Brazil, people had gone to the polls for the presidential election held on October 4. In the first round of the elections, held under the shadow of economic concerns, corruption debates, and accusations that the US interfered in the election process, former President Jair Bolsonaro's son Flavio Bolsonaro received 47.03 percent of the votes and finished the race in the lead. Current President Lula da Silva came second with 45.16 percent of the vote. It was announced that the elections would go to a second round because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the valid votes.