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Bolsonaro avanti su Lula, con l'85% dei voti scrutinati Bolsonaro al 48% e Lula al 43% ballottaggio il 25 ottobre

First reported 2026-10-04 23:17 UTC · Updated 2026-10-05 06:28 UTC · 3 independent sources

What happened

Flavio Bolsonaro won the first round against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and will face him in Brazil’s presidential runoff on 25 October, ANSA said.

Bolsonaro received 47.14% of votes and Lula 45.03%, a gap of about 2 million votes, according to ANSA.

Other centre-right candidates won about 12% combined, while turnout was 79%, ANSA said.

With more than 85% of ballots counted, Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party led in 20 of 54 Senate seats being contested, ANSA said.

The Senate results must be added to the 27 senators elected in 2022 whose terms run until 2031, according to ANSA.

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Who reported it

  1. 2026-10-04 23:17 UTCANSA · ansa.it ↗
  2. 2026-10-05 04:48 UTCLe Monde · lemonde.fr ↗
  3. 2026-10-05 06:28 UTCWyborcza · wyborcza.pl ↗

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