Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is standing against Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round of the presidential race Brazil’s president is directly elected: each voter’s ballot counts equally and there is no electoral college. If no candidate wins more than 50% of the valid votes cast in the first round, a second runoff election will be held three weeks later between the two candidates who polled highest. Continue reading...
Brazil presidential election 2026: first-round live results
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