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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Martin Belam

First Thing: Son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro takes election lead in Brazil

Flavio Bolsonaro looks up with a slight smile as supporters stand blurred behind him
Flávio Bolsonaro, presidential candidate for the rightwing Liberal party, speaking to supporters on Sunday. Photograph: Sérgio Lima/AFP/Getty Images

Good morning. Brazil’s presidential race will go to a second round after the far-right candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, beat the incumbent leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, but failed to secure the outright majority he needed to avoid a runoff.

The 45-year-old son of the disgraced former president Jair Bolsonaro will go into the second round as strong favourite, likely to pick up votes from the election’s other rightwing candidates, including Ronaldo Caiado, who secured 2.1%, and Renan Santos, who won 2.2%. The second round will take place on 25 October.

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