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The first round of voting in Brazil's presidential election will begin tomorrow. Current President Lula is seeking a fourth and final term as president. His main opponent is Flavio, the son of former President Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for allegedly attempting a coup after losing the 2022 election.
(Central News Agency, Sao Paulo, Comprehensive Foreign News Report on the 3rd) The first round of the Brazilian presidential election will begin tomorrow. Four pre-election polls showed that the current President Lula leads Senator Flavio Flavio by a slight margin. Bolsonaro, but neither of them is likely to get more than half of the valid votes; if they enter the runoff on the 25th, current polls show that the two are locked in a fierce battle.
Reuters reported that four polls from CNT/MDA, Datafolha, Quaest and ATLASINTEL/Bloomberg showed that in the first round of voting, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s support rate was between 45% and 47.8%, leading Flavio. Flavio Bolsonaro’s 42% to 45%.
In a possible runoff, most polls show Lula still leading Flavio 47% to 47.6% 43.1% to 47.4%, but the Quaest poll shows Flavio leading 44% to Lula's 42%.
Since the gap between the two is not large, and the gap in most polls is within the margin of error, the two are statistically tied.
Agence France-Presse reported that 80-year-old Lula held a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil's economic center, today, vowing to "defeat the extreme right." "Tomorrow we will win the election in the first round," he told the crowd.
The veteran leftist leader, who is seeking a fourth and final term as president, has warned voters that Brazil's sovereignty is at stake in the face of pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump.
On the other hand, 45-year-old right-wing Senator Flavio also rushed to the last day before the election, calling on supporters in Sao Paulo state to "do not vote in two times, just vote in one time this Sunday (tomorrow)."
Flavio is the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of Trump. Bolsonaro is currently serving a 27-year prison sentence for attempting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election.
If Flavio wins, Brazil will join a group of Latin American countries that have moved to the right in recent months.
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Brazil's presidential election will enter the runoff on the 25th, with Lula and Flavio competing fiercely
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