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The latest official results
Flavio Bolsonaro comes first with 47.03% of the votes against 45.16% for Lula, after the counting of 99.99% of the votes.
A look back at election night in pictures
“Lula does not admit defeat” before the second round
An update on this first round with our correspondent in Brazil Fanny Lothaire.
Flavio Bolsonaro “very satisfied” and confident of a victory
Conservative candidate Flavio Bolsonaro said he was “very satisfied” to have come first in the first round of the presidential election in Brazil ahead of left-wing incumbent Lula, showing confidence in his final victory on October 25.
“I am very satisfied (…) and very happy at the idea that Brazil will be able to give a definitive answer in three weeks,” declared the son of ex-far-right president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) during a speech in Brasilia.
Lula says he will win “in overtime” despite an “unexpected” result in the first round
Left behind by his conservative rival Flavio Bolsonaro in the first round of the presidential election in Brazil, outgoing left-wing President Lula admitted on Sunday that this result was “unexpected”, but said he was confident of winning “in overtime”.
“The match is going to start. We are in overtime, and that’s where we are going to convince the Brazilian people,” said Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 80, during a speech in Sao Paulo shortly after the end of the count.
Flavio Bolsonaro in the lead in all regions except the Northeast
The candidate from the conservative camp wins in all regions of Brazil, except in the Northeast where Lula’s PT remains dominant. In the Southeast, which includes the states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Flavio Bolsonaro is ahead of Lula by more than 10 points.
Judge Sergio Moro elected governor of Parana
Senator since 2023, the hero of the anti-corruption operation Lava Jato, who obtained the incarceration of Lula before becoming Jair Bolsonaro’s minister of justice in 2019, won the seat of governor of the state of Parana, in the south of Brazil.
There will be a second round in Brazil: Flavio Bolsonaro beats Lula in the first round
Conservative senator Flavio Bolsonaro created a surprise on Sunday in the first round of the presidential election in Brazil by beating outgoing left-wing president Lula, whom he will face in the second round on October 25.
After counting almost 99% of the ballot boxes, the son of the ex-far-right head of state Jair Bolsonaro, aged 45, obtained more than 47% of the votes, compared to 45% for left-wing veteran Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 80 years old.
The count is coming to an end, Flavio Bolsonaro still in the lead
After counting more than 97% of the ballots, Flavio Bolsonaro received 47.39% of the votes against 44.74% for Lula.
The gap is closing
Nearly 85% of ballots counted; Flavio Bolsonaro received 48.47% of the votes against 43.49% for Lula.
In the State of Sao Paulo, the Bolsonarist camp is well in the lead
The outgoing governor of the state of Sao Paulo, Tarcisio de Freitas, former minister of Jair Bolsonaro, is in the process of being re-elected at the head of the richest and most populous state in Brazil with more than 63% of the votes (76% of votes counted) against Fernando Haddad, former minister of the economy in the Lula government until January 2026.
Flavio Bolsonaro in the lead after the count of 64% of the votes
According to the site of the Superior Electoral Court, after the counting of more than 64% of the votes, Flavio Bolsonaro has a large lead over Lula. With 49.58% of the votes, the senator from Rio currently distances himself from the outgoing president who garners 42.25%.
However, the progress of the counting is not as advanced in the South East and North East as in other regions of Brazil. These two regions are the two most populated in the country. “Nordeste” has been Lula’s electoral stronghold for four decades.
Candidates prepare for a speech
According to Brazilian media, Lula left his home to go to a hotel in downtown Sao Paulo from where he is expected to speak in the evening. Flavio Bolsanaro should speak to him from Rio de Janeiro.
Live vote counting
In Brazil, news channels and everyone can follow the vote count live.
The Superior Electoral Tribunal website allows you to track the number of electronic ballot boxes counted, the percentage of votes cast and the candidates’ scores.
As of 11:15 p.m. Paris time, 17.22% of the votes have been counted. On this sample, still far from being representative, Flavio Bolsonaro is in the lead with 51.22% of the votes against 40.66% for Lula. Participation seems high, with the abstention rate being close to 20%.
Will Michelle Bolsonaro be elected senator?
Today Brazilians also voted to elect 513 deputies, a third of the 81 seats in the Senate and 26 governors. Former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro is running for senator for the Federal District of Brasilia.
The third wife of Jair Bolsonaro, a fervent evangelist very active on social networks to rally the women’s vote, was for a time a candidate to represent the clan in the presidential election before the patriarch nominated his eldest son Flavio.
Update at 10:30 p.m.
- The polling stations closed and counting has begun. Thanks to electronic voting, the first trends should be known fairly quickly, in the coming hours.
- If no candidate obtains an absolute majority, a second roundr will decide between the two who came first on October 25.
- The last surveypublished on Saturday, predicts a very close duel: 45% for Lula, 42% for Bolsonaro
- Lula 80 years old is running for a final presidential term at the age of 80. Flavio Bolsonaro45, is the son of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro who cannot run due to his sentence to 27 years in prison for his attempted coup in 2023.
In Sao Paulo, the closely followed election of the governor
The state of Sao Paulo (southeast) is the richest and most populous in Brazil. Former Bolsonarist minister Tarcisio de Freitas, close to business circles and once considered a candidate for the conservative camp, is favorite for re-election.
Facing him, Fernando Haddad, a leader of the Workers’ Party, hopes to reach at least the second round. The latter was mayor of Sao Paulo, presidential candidate in 2018 and Lula’s Minister of Finance until January.
Polling stations closed, what will happen now?
Polling stations closed across the country at 5 p.m. Brasilia time. The counting can now begin and it is quite rapid in Brazil due to electronic voting.
In fact, Brazilians did not slip a paper ballot into a ballot box. Since 2000, they have had to type six codes of two to five digits on voting day on an electronic ballot box to elect the president, the governor of their state, two senators, a federal deputy and a regional deputy.
It is the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE), an organ of the Supreme Court, which centralizes the counting resulting from electronic voting feedback. You can follow the counting in real time on this site.
At 80, Lula completes his 7th presidential campaign
From the countryside of the Nordeste to the factories of Sao Paulo, from trade unionism to the presidency of the nation, from prison to the return to business, the life of Lula, 80, is a novel. Portrait of a political animal with 50 years of public life who is seeking a fourth and final term at the head of Brazil.
