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Brazil swings to the right, triggering runoff presidential election between Bolsonaro and Lula

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Published October 5, 2026 at 12:06 PM EDT

The son of Brazil’s former hard-right president Jair Bolsonaro outperformed the polls in a national election this weekend.

Leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva now faces an uphill battle to keep the presidency ahead of a runoff vote on Oct. 25.

Host Scott Tong gets the latest from NPR South America correspondent Carrie Kahn.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.