# Brazil’s presidential election heads to second-round runoff

https://mins.news/en/item/87347

- CGTN, 2026-10-05 21:19 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://newsus.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-06/Brazil-s-presidential-election-heads-to-second-round-runoff-1R0BFmi5E6Q/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> Brazil’s presidential election is headed for a runoff after right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the first round. The two will face each other again on October 25, while the right also made gains in state governments and Congress.

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