# Voting begins in Brazil's presidential election

https://mins.news/en/item/85854

- CGTN, 2026-10-04 11:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-04/news-1QYeSEY4DWU/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> Voting in the first round of Brazil’s 2026 presidential election began Sunday at 8 a.m., with polling stations scheduled to close at 5 p.m. Initial results are expected within several hours. Recent polls showed incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Liberal Party candidate Flavio Bolsonaro leading the other candidates by a significant margin.

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