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Brazil Votes in First-Round Presidential Election as Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro Close Campaigns in São Paulo
Brazilians vote Sunday in the first-round presidential election. Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro closed their campaigns in São Paulo state on Saturday; polls show a technical tie, with a runoff likely on Oct. 25.
Why it matters
Brazil is holding the most consequential election in Latin America this year, and São Paulo — home to one-fifth of the country's voters — is its decisive battleground. With polls showing a statistical tie, the first round could end without an outright winner, sending the country to a runoff on October 25.
Full report
SÃO PAULO — Brazilians are voting on Sunday in the first round of the presidential election, with polls open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Brasília time and some 158.8 million people eligible to cast ballots, according to the Superior Electoral Court.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, is seeking re-election against right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, the eldest son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest after being convicted of attempting to overturn the 2022 election result.
Both camps closed their campaigns in São Paulo state on Saturday. Lula led a march through the capital from Avenida Paulista to Praça Roosevelt that organizers described as a record turnout of some 150,000 supporters, calling the vote a choice between “democracy and barbarism.” Flávio Bolsonaro led a motorcycle caravan through the state's interior, in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste and Americana, before a final rally in Rio de Janeiro, and predicted a first-round victory.
A late Datafolha poll put Lula at about 45% and Flávio Bolsonaro at about 42% of valid votes — a technical tie. A candidate needs more than 50% of valid votes to win outright in the first round; otherwise the top two advance to a runoff on October 25.
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