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From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 26, 2026
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 26, 2026
Lula overtakes Bolsonaro in tight Brazilian presidential runoff
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSAO PAULO, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva overtakes Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and holds a tight lead in the presidential runoff election, the vote count from the country’s electoral authority shows.
With 47.62% of ballots tallied, leftist Lula has 50.01% of the valid votes — which exclude blank and null ballots — against right-wing Bolsonaro’s 49.99%, the count shows.
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