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- CBC NewsLula and Bolsonaro head to run-off in Brazil's presidential election
- Deutsche WelleBrazil election: Bolsonaro and Lula head to runoff
- PBS NewsBolsonaro and Lula head to a runoff in Brazil's presidential election
- ABC NewsBolsonaro and Lula head to a runoff in Brazil's presidential election
- France 24Brazil presidential election heads to runoff as Bolsonaro leads Lula
- AfricanewsBrazil's presidential election heads to runoff between Bolsonara and Lula
- RechercheBrazil’s presidential election is heading to a runoff on October 25. With 99.9% of the votes counted, Flávio Bolsonaro had 47% and incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had 45.1%; neither had the majority needed to win in the first round.
- BBC NewsRight-wing Flávio Bolsonaro wins first round of Brazil election
- RechercheThe result also brought wider gains for Bolsonaro’s political family: Michelle Bolsonaro and Carlos Bolsonaro won Senate seats, while Jair Renan Bolsonaro won a seat in the lower house of Congress.
- RechercheFlávio Bolsonaro is the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election to Lula.
- RechercheBrazil’s president is elected by direct vote. If no candidate wins more than half of the valid votes in the first round, the two candidates with the most votes go to a runoff.