# Brazil vote heads to runoff as Flavio Bolsonaro takes surprise lead

https://mins.news/en/video/86161

- Reuters, 2026-10-05 09:27 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uX0YBc8RK4

> Brazil’s presidential election is going to a runoff after right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro exceeded polling expectations and finished the first round ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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