# Lula and Bolsonaro run neck and neck as Brazil heads to polls

https://mins.news/en/video/83233

- France 24 English, 2026-10-02 09:47 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVKgLEJ5n2Y

> Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro withdrew from Thursday’s final debate before the election, while Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also declined to attend. Polls give the nearly 81-year-old Lula a slight edge in Sunday’s first round, but the two are level in projections for a possible October 25 runoff.

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