# Brazil heads to runoff after Bolsonaro makes shock first-round showing

https://mins.news/en/video/86207

- France 24 English, 2026-10-05 09:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUSPd-zbgIY

> Flavio Bolsonaro, a right-wing senator and son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, unexpectedly finished ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s Brazilian election. Neither candidate won a majority, sending the contest to a runoff in three weeks.

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