Bolsonaro Is Leading In The First Round Of The Brazilian Election

The politician received 47.03% of the vote.

In Brazil, with 99.99% of the ballots from the first round of the presidential election counted, Flavio Bolsonaro emerged as the frontrunner — a senator from the state of Rio de Janeiro and the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. The politician received 47.03% of the vote, according to data from Brazil’s National Electoral Council published on the night of Monday, October 5, reports “Deutsche Welle”.

Trailing Bolsonaro Jr. by a narrow margin is the country’s incumbent president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The left-wing politician received 45.16% of the vote. Voter turnout was 78.92%.

Since none of the candidates surpassed the 50 percent threshold, Brazil will hold a second round of presidential elections. It is scheduled for October 25. A second round has become something of a tradition in Brazilian presidential elections: since the early 2000s, every such election has required a runoff.

The Bolsonaro family is striving to regain power in Brazil

In 2022, also in the second round of the election, Lula da Silva defeated Jair Bolsonaro—the father of his current opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro. The defeated politician refused to acknowledge the election results at the time, and his supporters took to the streets in protest. Subsequently, Bolsonaro Sr. was sentenced to a lengthy prison term for attempting a coup d’état.

In June 2026, the Brazilian Supreme Court sentenced Eduardo Bolsonaro—another son of the former president who was also involved in politics—to four years and two months in prison. The criminal case stemmed from Eduardo’s calls for the U.S. to impose sanctions against Brazil due to his father’s conviction. Eduardo himself lives in the United States, and the case against him was tried in absentia.

Fraud allegations against Flávio Bolsonaro

Although 45-year-old Flávio Bolsonaro based his election campaign in part on promises to combat crime, he himself has been suspected in the past of corruption and embezzlement. In 2019, cases were filed against the politician alleging that he received payments for nonexistent people listed as his subordinates, as well as for suspicious transfers to his bank account.

In Brazil, an investigation is also ongoing into Banco Master and its largest shareholder, Daniel Vorkaru for fraudulently raising tens of millions of dollars in investments from public and private funds through unrealistic promises of high returns. In other words, this involves the possible creation of a Ponzi scheme.

Among other things, Vorkaru is known as one of the producers of the flattering biographical film about Jair Bolsonaro, *Dark Horse*, whose plot revolves around the former president’s claims of a “stolen election.” In the past, the media published correspondence between Vorkara and Flávio Bolsonaro, which may suggest that the politician was aware of the fraudulent scheme and may have facilitated its implementation, including through a “cover” in the form of a supposedly expensive film production.

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