# Voting begins in Brazil's presidential runoff

https://mins.news/en/item/115203

- CGTN, 2026-10-25 11:02 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-25/news-1Rx5YGR2s4o/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> Voting in Brazil’s 2026 presidential runoff began at 8 a.m. local time on Sunday, with polling stations scheduled to close at 5 p.m. Incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, of the ruling Workers’ Party, is facing Liberal Party candidate Flávio Bolsonaro after both led the first-round vote.

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