Episode 3463
2026 Brazilian general election
Mon, 2026-Oct-26 03:30 UTC
Length - 1:49
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With 271,783 views on Sunday, 25 October 2026 our article of the day is 2026 Brazilian general election.
General elections were held in Brazil on 4 October 2026 to elect the president, vice president, members of the National Congress, the governors, vice governors and legislative assemblies of all federative units, and the district council of Fernando de Noronha. As no candidate for president (and for governor in some states) received more than half of the valid votes in the first round, a runoff election was held on 25 October.
In the first round, senator Flávio Bolsonaro of the state of Rio de Janeiro, the eldest son of Lula's predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, led with 47% of the vote over incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's 45%. In the second round, Lula won re-election in an upset victory to a fourth non-consecutive term as president, outperforming his 2022 performance. It is the first instance in which the highest-placing candidate in the initial round was defeated for the presidency in the second round.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 03:30 UTC on Monday, 26 October 2026.
For the full current version of the article, see 2026 Brazilian general election on Wikipedia.
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