# Voting begins in Brazil's presidential runoff

https://mins.news/en/item/115220

- CGTN, 2026-10-24 13:58 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-24/news-1RvDEEVS4V2/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 polls due to close at 5 p.m. Incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva faces Liberal Party candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, after both advanced from the first round.

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