Flávio Bolsonaro Leads Brazil Vote With 47%, Setting Oct. 25 Runoff With Lula
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 5
Flávio Bolsonaro Leads Brazil Vote With 47%, Setting Oct. 25 Runoff With Lula
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 5
Summary
47.03% for Flávio Bolsonaro versus 45.16% for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sent Brazil’s presidential race to an Oct. 25 runoff, with Bolsonaro’s allies also taking a Senate majority.
The result marked the far right’s strongest showing since Brazil’s 1985 return to democracy, extending a pattern in which the right has outperformed final polls since 2014.
Economic grievance, backlash against cultural change, polarization and weakening democratic guardrails helped drive Bolsonaro’s surge, according to the analysis.
A Bolsonaro presidency could deepen Brazil’s rightward shift, strengthen ties with Washington and open the way to a pardon for Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a 2022 coup.