# Are the Bolsonaros poised for a comeback in Brazil?

https://mins.news/en/video/86619

- TRT World, 2026-10-05 14:42 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZhk_tfAE9E

> Brazil is heading to a presidential runoff after right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro won the first round with 56 million votes, ahead of leftist President Lula da Silva, who received 53.7 million. Polls had forecast a close contest, four years after the winner’s father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, attempted a coup.

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