Polls close in Brazil as Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro remain neck and neck
Polls have closed in Brazil's general election, where President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and challenger Flávio Bolsonaro are in a tight race with a two-point gap. If no candidate secures more than 50% of the vote, the election will proceed to a run-off on October 25. The outcome will also determine the composition of the Senate, with 54 of its 81 seats currently up for contest.
- ▪More than 158.7 million Brazilians, including one million overseas voters, were eligible to vote in the election.
- ▪Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup and is barred from running for office.
- ▪54 of the 81 Senate seats are being contested, which will determine the chamber's composition starting in February 2027.
- ▪Preliminary results from overseas voting show Lula leading in countries like China and South Korea, while Bolsonaro leads in Israel and Japan.
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Polls close in Brazil as Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro remain neck and neckImage source, ReutersImage caption, About 160 million people are eligible to vote in Brazil's general election todayByTinshui YeungPublished25 minutes agoPolls have closed in Brazil's general election, after voters queued in long lines for a tight first round of the presidential race.After casting his ballot, 80-year-old left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that the choice was between democracy and "barbarism".His challenger, right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, said he wanted to "free the Brazilian people".The result is forecast to be close. BBC Brazil's poll aggregator shows that the gap between Lula and Bolsonaro is only two points.
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