# Brazil: Lula and Bolsonaro tied in polls

https://mins.news/en/video/85377

- France 24 English, 2026-10-04 13:19 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk_j98Dpkp0

> Brazilians began voting Sunday in a closely watched presidential election between incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Mara Nogueira, a senior lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, says the tight race shows two political camps consolidating, with many voters choosing not to support a candidate so much as keep the other side from power.

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