# Voters in Brazil to choose between Lula and Bolsonaro’s son

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/voters-in-brazil-to-choose-between-lula-and-bolsonaros-son/
- Published: 2026-10-24T23:50:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T08:37:41+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC World (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxp8g21j4648o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Americas, Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Brazil is choosing between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro.
- Bolsonaro led the first round of voting.
- Lula’s campaign is seeking higher turnout.

## Summary

Brazilians are voting in a closely contested presidential run-off between incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. The result will determine whether Lula secures another term or Brazil shifts towards Bolsonaro’s promised policies, amid debate over democracy, crime and the country’s direction.

Flávio Bolsonaro led the first round on 4 October, though no candidate has previously overturned a first-round deficit to win a Brazilian run-off. He has pledged a crackdown on organised crime, tax and spending cuts, and to release his father, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup. Lula’s campaign has urged supporters to turn out after 33 million people did not vote in the first round, framing the contest as a choice between moving forward and moving backwards.

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