Brazil’s presidential race: Three key takeaways from the first round | Elections News | Al Jazeera

Brazil’s presidential election is heading to a runoff on October 25 between incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Neither candidate secured the required majority in the first round, with Bolsonaro leading at 55.8 million votes and Lula close behind with nearly 53.2 million. Lula, 80, is seeking a fourth non-consecutive term, while Bolsonaro, 45, aims to restore his father Jair Bolsonaro’s right-wing movement amid his imprisonment for plotting a coup. The election takes place amid concerns over crime, living costs, and tense US-Brazil relations, in a region shifting to the right politically.