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Flávio Bolsonaro edges Lula in the first round; both head to an October 25 runoff
Flávio Bolsonaro received around 47% of valid votes and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva about 45% in Brazil’s presidential election first round. Neither passed half of the valid votes, so they will face each other in an October 25 runoff.
Categories: politics-and-governance
Generated scores
Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.
- Confidence
- 6/10
- Geographic reach
- 4/10
- Global importance
- 5/10
- Impact magnitude
- 4/10
- Positivity
- 5/10
- Urgency
- 2/10
Why it matters
The reported first-round result sets up a runoff between the two leading candidates.

