{
  "id": 12167025,
  "title": "Right-wing wave in Brazil’s Congress boosts Bolsonaro camp ahead of presidential runoff",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/right-wing-wave-in-brazils-congress-boosts-bolsonaro-camp-ahead-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T14:24:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/world-news/rightwing-wave-in-brazils-congress-boosts-bolsonaro-camp-ahead-of-presidential-runoff-4932468"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Brazil's right-wing Liberal Party, which supports Senator Flavio Bolsonaro's presidential campaign, emerged as the dominant force in the country's recent congressional elections. The party secured the largest single-party representation in both the Senate and the lower house, marking the strongest result for a party since Brazil's return to democracy in 1985. In the Senate, the Liberal Party saw its representation rise from 15 to 28 seats, while in the lower house, it increased its seats from 98 to a projected 121. This surge in support positions the Bolsonaro agenda to enjoy a strong majority in the upcoming Congress.\n\nIf the allied Congress, particularly the Senate, backs the younger Bolsonaro, he aims to secure amnesty for his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election. The Senate's pro-Bolsonaro bloc may even have the necessary 54 votes to impeach Supreme Court justices convicted of convicting the former leader.\n\nPresident Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, on the other hand, also managed to increase his party's footprint in Congress, maintaining nine seats in the Senate. A three-party bloc led by Lula's Workers Party (PT) is projected to win 88 seats in the lower house, up from 82. Despite Lula's efforts, analysts say the next Congress would make his fourth, non-consecutive term a challenging one.\n\nWith Congress potentially stifling legislative progress and functioning of the government, governance would pose a major challenge for President Lula, according to Neuriberg Dias, head of legislative watchdog DIAP. The political camps have demonstrated the difficulties faced by presidents who lack sufficient congressional backing, as seen in past instances such as the Supreme Court nominee's vote down and dozens of Lula's vetoes being overturned.",
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Buenos Aires Times",
        "title": "Bolsonaro pushes Lula to brink of defeat ahead of Brazil run-off",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/bolsonaro-pushes-lula-to-brink-of-defeat-ahead-of-brazil-run-off",
        "published": "2026-10-05T11:30:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}