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BackResults of the first round of the Brazilian presidential election: Flavio Bolsonaro leads Lula and will enter the second round of voting
Results of the first round of the Brazilian presidential election: Flavio Bolsonaro leads Lula and will enter the second round of voting
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Results of the first round of the Brazilian presidential election: Flavio Bolsonaro leads Lula and will enter the second round of voting

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  • The results of the first round of the Brazilian presidential election showed that right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro won 47% of the vote, leading the current President Lula with 45.1%.
  • The two will vote in the second round on the 25th.
  • Flavio's Liberal Party won a majority of seats in the congressional elections, and most members of the Bolsonaro family were elected to Congress.

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Brazil's presidential election adopts a two-round voting system. If no candidate obtains more than half of the votes in the first round, the two candidates with the highest number of votes advance to the second round. In this election, Flavio Bolsonaro narrowly leads Lula.

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The results of the first round of the Brazilian presidential election are out. Right-wing Senator Flavio. Bolsonaro and current President Lula will compete in the second round of voting on the 25th. (AFP)

First published 10-05 22:15

Update time 10-06 06:48

The results of the presidential and congressional elections in Brazil, the largest economy in South America, were released on the 4th. Right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Flávio Bolsonaro broke mainstream poll predictions and led the first round with 47% of the vote, beating current President Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva with 45.1%. Since Flavio's "Liberal Party" (PL) won a majority of seats in Congress, Lula faced a desperate situation.

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According to Brazilian election regulations, no candidate has more than half of the votes in the first round of voting. 45-year-old Flavio and 80-year-old Lula will vote in the second round on the 25th. In the Senate election, the Liberal Party won 19 of the 54 re-elected seats, bringing the total number of seats to 28; Lula's Workers' Party (PT) won 6 seats, bringing the total number of seats to 9.

In addition to Flavio, who is expected to aspire to the presidency, Bolsonaro's wife Michelle Bolsonaro and eldest son Carlos were elected to the Senate, and the other two sons were also elected to the House of Representatives, which means that the Bolsonaro family has a comprehensive victory in this election.

Flavio declared that this election marked the "end of the Labor Party's era" and that he would build a better government than his father. Lula, who was disappointed with the results, admitted that the election was a "democratic education" but also vowed to win the second round.

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  • Flavio Bolsonaro will win the second round and be elected president of Brazil

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Open Questions

  • Can Lula turn the tables in the second round of voting?
  • How will the Liberal Party's majority in Parliament affect its ability to govern?
  • Will the growing power of the Bolsonaro family in Congress lead to excessive concentration of power?

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