# Brazil’s presidential race heads for a tough runoff

https://mins.news/en/item/87034

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-05 21:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/5/brazils-presidential-race-head-for-a-tough-runoff?traffic_source=rss

> Brazil is heading towards a fiercely contested presidential runoff after the first round showed major gains for Flavio Bolsonaro’s right-wing movement in Congress and more than 29 million voters abstained. President Lula da Silva faces an uphill fight to win another term.

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