Flavio Bolsonaro gets the support of 5 center-right parties

The right-wing candidate for the Brazilian presidency, Flávio Bolsonaro, has obtained the formal support of five center and right-wing parties ahead of the October 25 runoff, where he comes ahead in the polls and in which he will face the outgoing left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, seeking a fourth mandate. Thanks to these new alliances, his side should hold a majority in both houses of Congress at the start of the new legislature in 2027.

The new allies include União Brasil and Progressistas — which make up the 'União Progressista' coalition — as well as Republicanos, Podemos and Novo. With the exception of the latter, all the other four acronyms had previously declared themselves neutral. The eldest son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, in recent days had also already received the support of former candidate Ronaldo Caiado - leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and former governor of Goiás, who in the first round had obtained 2.6 million votes, equal to approximately 2.18% - and of former candidate and writer Augusto Cury, who concluded the first round in third place with 2.89% of the votes, obtaining the support of 3.4 million Brazilians.