What to know about Brazil’s election pitting Lula against Flávio Bolsonaro
Brazilians are voting on Sunday in a general election in which the two front-runners for the presidency bear very familiar names. The incumbent, veteran left-wing leader Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva, will be challenged by 11 candidates, the most prominent of whom is right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro. In the last election four years ago, Lula narrowly [...] The post What to know about Brazil’s election…
Brazilians will be casting their votes in a general election on Sunday, with the two frontrunners being incumbent left-wing leader Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro. Lula narrowly defeated Flávio Bolsonaro’s father, Jair Bolsonaro, in the last election four years ago, but the aftermath of that election saw Jair Bolsonaro convicted of planning a coup after his supporters stormed the Brazilian Congress.
The former army captain, 71, is currently serving a 27-year sentence for the alleged coup plot and is under house arrest, though his influence on this election is still significant. Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, is Jair Bolsonaro’s eldest son and has served as a senator since 2019. He is running for the right-wing Liberal Party (PL). While there are 12 candidates vying for the presidency, only Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro have reached double-digit percentages in opinion polls, both hovering around 40%.
If no candidate secures 50% of valid votes in the first round on October 4th, the top two contenders will proceed to a run-off election on October 25th.
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