Brazil lurches to the right as Lula falters in the first round of presidential election

The Hindu

Published 6 Oct 2026, 3:19 am·1 d ago·1 min read

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Instead of winning in the first round, as his supporters had expected, Lula trailed his challenger Flávio Bolsonaro by about 1.8 percentage points, or 2.2 million votes

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