Brazil's Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro Campaign Before October 2026 Vote

In Brazil in October 2026, Lula of the PT and Flávio Bolsonaro of the PL campaigned in the final days before the election. A first-round poll put Lula at 45% of valid votes and Flávio Bolsonaro at 40%. A debate was canceled, and both candidates faced wear from the episode, according to the polling firm AP Exata. Flávio Bolsonaro, who inherited his father's movement, again questioned the elections, while Supreme Court Justice Mendonça ordered social networks to remove posts linking him to support for removing Our Lady as patroness. Lula and Bolsonaro multiplied their closing campaign events over two days to try to break the tie.