Flávio Bolsonaro secured 47% of the vote, tallying 56.1 million votes in the Brazilian election results. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva garnered 45% of the vote, representing 53.8 million votes.
The second round of the election is set to take place on 25 October. Bolsonaro’s Liberal party (PL) will command 28 of its 81 seats within the senate.
The hard-right movement now holds a majority of 43 seats in the upper house. Michelle Bolsonaro won a seat in the senate, while Carlos Bolsonaro secured a seat in congress.
Renato Bolsonaro also won a seat in the lower house of congress. Tarcísio de Freitas was re-elected as the governor of São Paulo state, and Sérgio Moro was elected governor of the southern state of Paraná.
Nikolas Ferreira and Lucas Pavanato together obtained more than 3 million votes. Miguel Lago stated, “We are experiencing a revolution … The far right is growing in a very consistent way, election after election.”
Lago further suggested, “I think he will be freed and I think he will be very important during Flávio Bolsonaro’s [presidency]”. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced, “From tomorrow we will launch a new campaign: [and in] a campaign with only two candidates we will be able to show the difference between our proposals for Brazil”.
Javier Milei asserted, “The American continent belongs to citizens who want to live in freedom”. Camila Rocha identified a significant degree of voter apathy among undecided voters.
