Brazil election

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former president who was once imprisoned amid a corruption scandal, is seeking to oust President Jair Bolsonaro, ...

Brazilians head to the polls on Sunday, and the right-wing leader is expected to lose to former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, which Bolsonaro has ...

[some leaders of Brazil’s armed forces have indicated](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/world/americas/brazil-election-bolsonaro-military.html) they share the president’s doubts about election integrity — as well as Bolsonaro’s view that the military ultimately answers to him as long as he is president. [His charges were ultimately annulled](https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210324-brazil-s-supreme-court-rules-judge-moro-was-biased-in-lula-corruption-trial) last year by the Supreme Court, which found the judge in the case was politically biased. [Loggers are able to escape fines](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/brazil-amazon-deforestation-enforcement/) with virtually no inspectors to enforce them. [The defence ministry has assured](https://www.reuters.com/world/uss-austin-says-brazil-defense-minister-told-him-military-focused-transparent-2022-07-27/) the U.S. [telling his millions of supporters in June](https://youtu.be/gS9QHVLmItU?t=1059) they “will go to war” if he loses. His party could form opposition in the congressional elections also happening on Sunday, blocking da Silva’s policies and deadlocking government. The death toll in Brazil ultimately rose to the second highest in the world, with over 685,000 lives lost. Capitol by supporters of then-president Donald Trump, who were also led to believe in a “stolen” election despite no evidence. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. 30 is likely to further solidify da Silva’s victory. If no candidate wins more than 50 per cent of the vote, a runoff set for Oct. He has also [repeatedly](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/19/bolsonaro-attack-on-brazil-electoral-system-sparks-outrage) [attacked](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/6/bolsonaros-false-fraud-claims-involve-this-brazil-voting-system) the country’s election system, claiming without evidence that [officials are aligned against him](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220815-target-of-bolsonaro-attacks-to-become-brazil-election-court-chief) and that electronic voting machines are prone to fraud.

Brazilians are voting in the first round of their country's most polarized election in decades, with leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva favoured to beat ...

Asked if he would respect the results, he gave a thumbs up and walked away. Leda Wasem, 68, had no doubt that Bolsonaro will not just be re-elected but will win outright in the first round. He turned to politics after being forced out of the military for openly pushing to raise servicemen's pay. "I didn't like the scandals in his first administration, never voted for the Workers' Party again. Lula's own convictions for corruption and money laundering led to 19 months in prison, sidelining him from the 2018 presidential race that polls indicated he had been leading against Bolsonaro, 67. At one point, Bolsonaro claimed to possess evidence of fraud, but he never presented any, even after the electoral authority set a deadline to do so. Melo said he is once again voting for Bolsonaro, who met his expectations, and he doesn't believe the surveys that show him trailing. Bolsonaro grew up in a lower-middle-class family before joining the army. He has repeatedly questioned the reliability not just of opinion polls but of Brazil's electronic voting machines. Recent opinion polls have given Lula a commanding lead — the last Datafolha survey published on Saturday found he had 50 per cent support compared with 36 per cent for Bolsonaro among those who intended to vote. A slow economic recovery has yet to reach those living in poverty, with 33 million Brazilians going hungry despite higher welfare payments. "I'll wait three hours if I have to," said Reznik, who no longer bothers talking politics with neighbours who favour Bolsonaro.

Brazilians were voting on Sunday in a highly polarized election that could determine if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world's ...

In a statement, the U.N.'s envoy to Yemen called on all sides to refrain from acts of provocation as the talks continue. Moviegoing audiences chose the horror movie over the romantic comedy to kick off the month of October. Brasilia time (4 p.m. But his smile fades when he's asked about the cost of living in Canada since moving from India last year. He turned to politics after being forced out of the military for openly pushing to raise servicemen's pay. "I didn't like the scandals in his first administration, never voted for the Workers' Party again. Da Silva's own convictions for corruption and money laundering led to 19 months imprisonment, sidelining him from the 2018 presidential race that polls indicated he had been leading against Bolsonaro. A slow economic recovery has yet to reach the poor, with 33 million Brazilians going hungry despite higher welfare payments. Marley Melo, a 53-year-old trader in capital Brasilia, sported the yellow of the Brazilian flag, which Bolsonaro and his supporters have coopted for demonstrations. "This year the election is more important, because we already went through four years of Bolsonaro and today we can make a difference and give this country another direction." It interviewed 12,800 people, with a margin of error of two percentage points. There are nine other candidates, but their support pales to that for Bolsonaro and da Silva.

Brazilians on Sunday began voting for a new president after a long and bitter campaign, with polls showing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with a more than 10 ...

Jair Bolsonaro is standing for a second term against former president Lula. Find out how votes are coming in across Brazil.

In 2018, Bolsonaro won a second-round run-off against Fernando Haddad, the candidate of Lula’s Workers’ party. If this does not happen in the first round, the top two candidates will go into a runoff election at the end of the month. A candidate needs more than 50% of the vote to be elected.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has maintained a lead on right-wing incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro for months, according to polls.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Bolsonaro minimized the threat of the coronavirus and pushed back against preventative measures like lockdowns and masks, and he has sought to brand himself as a [tough-on-crime](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/06/jair-bolosonaro-says-criminals-will-die-like-cockroaches-under-proposed-new-laws) and socially conservative leader. [nicknamed](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/30/bolsonaro-trump-brazil-election-democracy/) the “Tropical Trump,” has often parallelled the former U.S. Bolsonaro was also one of few international leaders to [support](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210107-brazil-s-bolsonaro-backs-trump-fraud-claim-after-unrest) Trump’s false allegations of fraud in the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. Trump announced last month he was [backing](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-08/trump-endorses-bolsonaro-s-stalled-re-election-bid-in-brazil) Bolsonaro in his re-election bid, writing on Truth Social Bolsonaro has “done a GREAT job for the wonderful people of Brazil,” and that “when I was President of the U.S., there was no other country leader who called me more than Jair.” A former trade unionist, Lula served as president for two terms, and he grew popular as he oversaw a period of strong economic growth, though a [wide-ranging investigation](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33562055) into corruption and influence-peddling called “Operation Car Wash” began to look into him several years after he left office. If Lula wins, Brazil will be the latest Latin American nation whose voters have thrown their support behind leftist leaders: Chile elected 35-year-old Gabriel Boric last year, and Gustavo Petro was [elected](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/19/world/americas/gustavo-petro-colombia-presidential-election.html) to serve as Colombia’s first leftist president in June. [alleged](https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/07/brazil-lula/533445/) Lula received more than a million dollars in bribes—including in the form of a luxury apartment—in exchange for contracts with Brazilian construction giant OAS, a subcontractor to state energy company Petrobras, part of a broader investigation that Lula’s supporters argued was rigged. Results are expected within hours after the polls close at 4 p.m. [Lula leads polls as Brazil votes in tense presidential contest](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-votes-tense-lula-bolsonaro-presidential-contest-2022-10-02/) (Reuters) [What to Know About Brazil’s Election](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/world/americas/brazil-election-bolsonaro-lula.html) (New York Times) [Brazil polarised as Bolsonaro seeks re-election and Lula aims for comeback](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-63103323) (The BBC) ET (5 p.m. [platform](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/world/americas/brazil-election-bolsonaro-lula.html) of increasing taxes for the wealthy, raising the country’s minimum wage and bolstering social programs including monthly cash vouchers, while Bolsonaro has also pledged to offer cash programs for families in need, and has focused on tax cuts, abortion opposition and [addressing crime](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/02/brazil-ballot-military-police-election/). [advocated](https://www.npr.org/2022/10/01/1126161100/brazil-election-amazon-deforestation-forest-fires) for more mining, ranching and farming in the Brazilian Amazon, often drawing scorn from environmental groups, while Lula has pledged to [stop](https://grist.org/international/in-brazils-presidential-election-the-fate-of-the-amazon-is-at-stake/) illegal mining and fight against deforestation. [pushed](https://time.com/6218227/jair-bolsonaro-trump-brazil-election/) claims of election fraud without evidence and [suggested](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-bolsonaro-says-may-not-accept-2022-election-under-current-voting-system-2021-07-07/) on several occasions he may not concede if he loses, reinforcing those remarks Sunday in a video posted before he cast his vote, in which he said if the country has “clean elections,” he will win “with at least 60% of the votes,” according to [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-votes-tense-lula-bolsonaro-presidential-contest-2022-10-02/).

Brazil's national election authority on Sunday began reporting the initial results of the country's presidential election, in which leftist former President ...

With just 0.1% of voting machines counted, Lula had 51% of valid votes, compared to 37% for Bolsonaro, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) reported on its website. If no candidate wins over half the votes, excluding blank and spoiled ballots, the top two will face off in a second-round vote on Oct. BRASILIA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Brazil's national election authority on Sunday began reporting the initial results of the country's presidential election, in which leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva aims to unseat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

The race pits incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro against his political nemesis, leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

He turned to politics after being forced out of the military for openly pushing to raise servicemen’s pay. “I didn’t like the scandals in his first administration, never voted for the Workers’ Party again. Da Silva’s own convictions for corruption and money laundering led to 19 months imprisonment, sidelining him from the 2018 presidential race that polls indicated he had been leading against Bolsonaro. Asked if he would respect results, he gave a thumbs up and walked away. While voting earlier Sunday, Marley Melo, a 53-year-old trader in capital Brasilia, sported the yellow of the Brazilian flag, which Bolsonaro and his supporters have coopted for demonstrations. Bolsonaro grew up in a lower-middle-class family before joining the army. Analysts fear he has laid the groundwork to reject results. “We will most likely have a second round,” said Nara Pav?o, who teaches political science at the Federal University of Pernambuco. A slow economic recovery has yet to reach the poor, with 33 million Brazilians going hungry despite higher welfare payments. There are nine other candidates, but their support pales to that for Bolsonaro and da Silva. He said as recently as Sept. It interviewed 12,800 people, with a margin of error of 2 percentage points.

Brazil's top two presidential candidates were neck-and-neck late Sunday in a highly polarized election that could determine if the country returns a leftist ...

responders after car hits tree, killing all 6 inside](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/phone-alerts-u-s-responders-after-car-hits-tree-killing-all-6-inside-1.6092880) Moviegoing audiences chose the horror movie over the romantic comedy to kick off the month of October. CTVNews.ca takes a look at this trend. After two years of COVID-19 restrictions curbing Halloween, Canadians are expected to ramp up celebrations this year. He turned to politics after being forced out of the military for openly pushing to raise servicemen’s pay. Asked if he would respect results, he gave a thumbs up and walked away. “I didn’t like the scandals in his first administration, never voted for the Workers’ Party again. Da Silva’s own convictions for corruption and money laundering led to 19 months imprisonment, sidelining him from the 2018 presidential race that polls indicated he had been leading against Bolsonaro. Analysts fear he has laid the groundwork to reject results. A slow economic recovery has yet to reach the poor, with 33 million Brazilians going hungry despite higher welfare payments. While voting earlier Sunday, Marley Melo, a 53-year-old trader in capital Brasilia, sported the yellow of the Brazilian flag, which Bolsonaro and his supporters have coopted for demonstrations. The last Datafolha survey published Saturday found a 50 per cent to 36 per cent advantage for da Silva among those who intended to vote.

Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro will face off against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the leftwing former leader, in a runoff vote at the end of this month, ...

Acrimonious election will go to a second round after the former president failed to secure a majority over Jair Bolsonaro.

“It’s a very disappointing night for the left.” “The campaign begins tomorrow.” “There was a feeling among the left that Lula had a chance to win in the first round ... “We all thought Lula would win easily.” “I’m disappointed,” said Kharine Gil, a 23-year-old university student. I’m confident that he will win.” A Federal Police investigation accused the far-right ideologue of making it difficult for environmental crimes to be investigated. It is time to go out onto the streets... “I feel great hope that this election will be decided tomorrow, but if it isn’t we’ll have to behave like a football team when a match goes to extra time. “But the results show we do not have the time to rest now. Bolsonaro, who significantly out-performed pollsters’s predictions and will be buoyed by the result, received 43.3%. Salles, meanwhile, was the Environment Minister who presided over a sharp rise in Amazonian deforestation.

Brazil's top two presidential candidates will face each other in a runoff vote after neither got enough support to win outright Sunday in an election to ...

responders after car hits tree, killing all 6 inside](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/phone-alerts-u-s-responders-after-car-hits-tree-killing-all-6-inside-1.6092880) Moviegoing audiences chose the horror movie over the romantic comedy to kick off the month of October. After two years of COVID-19 restrictions curbing Halloween, Canadians are expected to ramp up celebrations this year. Quebec's major party leaders made their final appeals to voters Sunday as residents across the province prepared to cast their ballots on Oct. He turned to politics after being forced out of the military for openly pushing to raise servicemen’s pay. Asked if he would respect results, he gave a thumbs up and walked away. “I didn’t like the scandals in his first administration, never voted for the Workers’ Party again. Da Silva’s own convictions for corruption and money laundering led to 19 months imprisonment, sidelining him from the 2018 presidential race that polls indicated he had been leading against Bolsonaro. Analysts fear he has laid the groundwork to reject results. A slow economic recovery has yet to reach the poor, with 33 million Brazilians going hungry despite higher welfare payments. While voting earlier Sunday, Marley Melo, a 53-year-old trader in capital Brasilia, sported the yellow of the Brazilian flag, which Bolsonaro and his supporters have coopted for demonstrations. The last Datafolha survey published Saturday found a 50 per cent to 36 per cent advantage for da Silva among those who intended to vote.

Neither presidential candidate got more than 50% of the overall vote, meaning they will face off on 30 October.

This is a drama which has been years in the making. Not surprisingly, that tension has filtered down into the streets. But with Mr Bolsonaro counting on the agricultural sector and agribusiness for votes and support, it is Lula who is the preferred choice of climate activists. During the nights before the vote, neighbours here in Rio could be heard shouting "Lula is a thief" and "Out with Bolsonaro" at each other. In the last TV debate before the vote, President Bolsonaro called Lula a thief, in reference to the corruption charges that put him in jail for 580 days before the conviction was annulled. For Lula - who could not run in the 2018 election because he was in prison after being convicted on corruption charges - this spells a remarkable comeback.

With 91.6 per cent of the votes counted, former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the leftist Workers' Party has a slight lead in the ...

responders after car hits tree, killing all 6 inside](https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/phone-alerts-u-s-responders-after-car-hits-tree-killing-all-6-inside-1.6092880) Moviegoing audiences chose the horror movie over the romantic comedy to kick off the month of October. After two years of COVID-19 restrictions curbing Halloween, Canadians are expected to ramp up celebrations this year. Quebec's major party leaders made their final appeals to voters Sunday as residents across the province prepared to cast their ballots on Oct. He turned to politics after being forced out of the military for openly pushing to raise servicemen’s pay. “I didn’t like the scandals in his first administration, never voted for the Workers’ Party again. Da Silva’s own convictions for corruption and money laundering led to 19 months imprisonment, sidelining him from the 2018 presidential race that polls indicated he had been leading against Bolsonaro. A slow economic recovery has yet to reach the poor, with 33 million Brazilians going hungry despite higher welfare payments. While voting earlier Sunday, Marley Melo, a 53-year-old trader inBrasilia, sported the yellow of the Brazilian flag, which Bolsonaro and his supporters have coopted for demonstrations. “But certain changes can be for the worse.” The last Datafolha survey published Saturday had found a 50 per cent to 36 per cent advantage for da Silva. Nine other candidates were also competing, but their support pales to that for Bolsonaro and da Silva, who is commonly known as Lula.

Brazil's presidential election appears to be heading for a run-off, as far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's strong initial showing...

"Four years ago I couldn't vote because I was the victim of a lie ... The leftist, who was president from 2003 to 2010, was jailed during the last election. Maria Lourdes de Noronha, 63, said only fraud could prevent a Bolsonaro victory, adding that "we will not accept it" if he loses. Initial results do not always capture the full picture in Brazil's sprawling national elections. He has also repeatedly cast unfounded doubts on the country's electronic voting system, prompting fears he may refuse to accept defeat and spark an institutional crisis. A second-round vote could add to fierce polarisation and simmering political violence in Latin America's biggest country.

The second round of Brazil's presidential election campaign kicked off Monday after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro outperformed polling and robbed ...

Capital Economics said in a note that Lula was still the favorite to be elected. If he pulls off a comeback, it would break with a wave of victories for leftists across the region in recent years, including Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Chile. It also led bankers and analysts to [unexpectedly strong showing](/world/americas/brazil-votes-tense-lula-bolsonaro-presidential-contest-2022-10-02/) by Bolsonaro on Sunday dashed hopes for a quick resolution to the deeply polarized election in the world's fourth-largest democracy. It also revitalized the president's campaign, setting the stage for a highly competitive and tense run-off on Oct. Local markets cheered the result.

The most-trusted opinion polls had indicated leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was far out front, and potentially even clinching a ...

Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party will surpass da Silva’s Workers’ Party to become the biggest in the Senate. The difference between Bolsonaro and da Silva in the first round amounted to 6.1 million votes. His former infrastructure minister surprised by finishing first in the race to govern Sao Paulo. The governor of Rio de Janeiro, an ally, vanquished his opponent to win reelection outright. Speaking after the results, da Silva betrayed the fact he didn’t even know for which date the runoff is scheduled. And I tell you that we are going to win this election. “What is most likely is people changed their preferences strategically before the vote, and that really favored Bolsonaro,” said Nara Pavão, who teaches political science at the Federal University of Pernambuco. “The polls didn’t capture that growth,” he said. He is also remembered for his political party’s involvement in corruption scandals and his own convictions, which were later annulled by the Supreme Court that ruled the judge had been biased. Alexandre de Moraes, the Supreme Court justice who also leads the electoral authority, congratulated Brazil for the “safe, calm, harmonious and peaceful” election that demonstrated its democratic maturity. Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly claimed without evidence that the nation’s electronic voting machines are vulnerable to fraud, didn’t challenge the result. But he has built a devoted base by defending conservative values and presenting himself as protecting the nation from leftist policies that he says infringe on personal liberties and produce economic turmoil.

Jair Bolsonaro considerably outperformed expectations in Brazil's presidential election, proving that the far-right wave he rode to the presidency remains a ...

[Business](https://www.ctvnews.ca/business) [Wall Street opens higher; pound rallies after U.K. Quebec's major party leaders made their final appeals to voters Sunday as residents across the province prepared to cast their ballots on Oct. Bolsonaro told reporters that his party's showing in Congress could bring fresh support ahead of the Oct. Bolsonaro's Liberal Party will surpass da Silva's Workers' Party to become the biggest in the Senate. The governor of Rio de Janeiro, an ally, vanquished his opponent to win reelection outright. His former infrastructure minister surprised by finishing first in the race to govern Sao Paulo. The difference between Bolsonaro and da Silva in the first round amounted to 6.1 million votes. "What is most likely is people changed their preferences strategically before the vote, and that really favored Bolsonaro," said Nara Pavao, who teaches political science at the Federal University of Pernambuco. He is also remembered for his political party's involvement in corruption scandals and his own convictions, which were later annulled by the Supreme Court that ruled the judge had been biased. Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly claimed without evidence that the nation's electronic voting machines are vulnerable to fraud, didn't challenge the result. "This is a big defeat for the democratic centre that saw its voters migrate to Bolsonaro in a polarized scenario," said Arilton Freres, director of Curitiba-based Instituto Opiniao. But he has built a devoted base by defending conservative values and presenting himself as protecting the nation from leftist policies that he says infringe on personal liberties and produce economic turmoil.

Closer than expected result in first round of voting means Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro face runoff.

Comparing the prospect of a Bolsonaro defeat to Trump’s in the US, he said that both men would have lost “very narrowly, and mostly because of a freak cause (the pandemic) … The fact that the result now looks likely to be narrower than expected even if Lula wins “significantly increases the credibility of [the] “stolen elections” narrative among Bolsonaro supporters and thus the possibility of post-electoral violence,” Mudde wrote. Many in Brazil are fearful that Bolsonaro may stoke an anti-democratic mood among his supporters – though, perhaps scenting the possibility of a revival, he was noticeably quieter on his baseless fraud claims last night than he has recently been. A lot of people on the left have been frightened – one Lula supporter said to me on Saturday that it’s the first time in my life I’ve been scared to put a sticker on my car.” “People in the centre and on the centre right viewed this as an emergency election. [brutally murdered by a Bolsonaro supporter last month](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/15/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-political-violence-election), one of a string of violent attacks by supporters of a candidate who has demanded leftists “be eradicated from public life”. That is of global importance given the Amazon’s role as a store for carbon dioxide. [remembered by many in the country](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/05/brazilians-still-hold-great-affection-for-lula-despite-corruption-conviction) as an era of economic growth and declining inequality. On Sunday, he told reporters: “We want no more hatred, no more quarrelling, we want a country that lives in peace.” And progressives around the world were watching for an emphatic repudiation of Bolsonaro’s presidency that would signal that the forces of extremism were in retreat. “The mood among his opponents had been one of cautious optimism,” said Tom Phillips. At the very least, they hoped for a commanding margin and a sense of momentum going into a runoff between the two.

Lula and Bolsonaro go head-to-head after a closer than expected first-round result.

There's everything to play for in this presidential race - and everything to lose if you're on the wrong side. In the run-up to this vote, Bolsonaro repeatedly said that the polls were a lie - and to many it looked like he was just a bad loser. "There's going to be beautiful blood spilled in this city," Alessandro Ferreira Soares, a parachutist, told me if Lula takes the presidency. "We are going to win the elections again, it's just a question of time." In the past few weeks, there had been a concerted effort by his supporters to try and encourage wavering voters to choose Lula, to end the Bolsonaro presidency promptly. The polls released a day before the elections had predicted a 14 percentage point gap between Lula and Bolsonaro.

Brazil's presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, electoral authorities said on Sunday (2 October), after President Jair Bolsonaro's surprising ...

His conviction was later overturned by the Supreme Court, allowing him to run again for president this year, along with nine other candidates from an array of smaller parties. His popularity has suffered since the coronavirus pandemic, which he called a “little flu” before COVID-19 killed 686,000 Brazilians. Bolsonaro had questioned polls that showed him losing to Lula in the first round, saying they did not capture enthusiasm he saw on the campaign trail. Bolsonaro will arrive with a lot of strength for re-election.” As neither got a majority of support, the race will go to a second-round vote on 30 October. Several opinion surveys had shown the leftist Lula, who was president from 2003 to 2010, leading the far-right Bolsonaro by 10-15 percentage points ahead of Sunday’s vote.

Brazil's top two presidential candidates will face each other in a runoff vote after neither got enough support to win outright Sunday.

Leftist Luiz Inácio 'Lula' da Silva tops vote but far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro outperforms pollsters' predictions.

“[Bolsonaro] won’t accept the results of the elections if he loses,” Praca told Al Jazeera. His convictions for corruption and money laundering led to 19 months in prison. Technology specialist Michael Kovacs told Al Jazeera the electronic voting system is secure. Lula’s first-round advantage does not ensure him a second-round victory. [economic and environmental regulation](/news/2022/3/9/bolsonaro-pushes-for-mining-on-brazils-indigenous-lands), resonate in many parts of Brazil, including in some corners of the Amazon where he is [popular among evangelical voters](/news/2022/9/30/brazil-votes-bolsonaro-allies-stand-firm-in-amazon-bastion). The far-right fireband’s right-wing allies won 19 of the 27 seats up for grabs in the Senate, and initial returns suggested a strong showing for his base in the lower house, limiting Lula’s room for manoeuvre if he wins the presidency.