Flavio Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva reached the second round of elections in Brazil
Quick Look
- The second round of Brazil's presidential election on October 25 will pit right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, who won 47.23% of the vote in the first round, against incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with 44.93%.
- To win in the first round, more than 50% of the vote was required, which neither candidate achieved.
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Why It Matters
To win the first round of the Brazilian presidential election, a candidate must receive more than 50% of the vote. Based on the results of counting 98.81% of ballots, none of the candidates reached this threshold, so a second round was scheduled.
Right-wing candidate Flávio and incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are heading into the second round of elections in Brazil.
To win in the first round, the candidate needed to get more than 50% of the votes, but this did not happen, so the second round of elections will take place on October 25.
BUENOS AIRES, October 5 - RIA Novosti. The President of Brazil will be determined in the second round of elections, according to the results of counting 98.81% of the ballots published by the Supreme Electoral Court.
The right-wing candidate, the eldest son of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro Flavio, with 47.23%, and the current head of state, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with 44.93% of the votes, are advancing to the second round.
In third place is the Brazilian psychiatrist Augusto Curi with 2.90% of the votes, in fourth place is the entrepreneur Renan Santos with 2.25% of the votes, in fifth place is the politician Ronaldo Caiado with 2.19%. The remaining candidates have 0.1-0.3% of the votes.
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In the second round of elections on October 25, one of the candidates will receive more than 50% of the votes and become President of Brazil
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Open Questions
- What will the turnout be in the second round of elections?
- Will the third round candidates be able to support one of the finalists?
- What will be the main debate topics in the second round?
