Politics · Brazil · 4 hrs ago
Lula leads overseas vote overall as Flávio Bolsonaro leads in South America
In Brazil’s 2026 presidential runoff, Lula led the overseas vote overall in partial results released on Sunday.
With 801 of 1,351 overseas polling-station tallies published, Lula had 143,274 votes to Flávio Bolsonaro’s 100,816.
Flávio led in South America with 74.4%, while Lula led in Europe with 67.1%; these shares cover only tallies already published and may change.
Lula also led in Oceania, the Middle East and Africa, while Flávio led in Asia, with Japan among his strongest results.
The United States had not yet published results and has the largest Brazilian electorate abroad, with more than 265,000 people eligible to vote.
The final overseas polls close at 21:00 Brasília time in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and further results depend on polling stations in the Americas.
Lula led the overseas vote overall, with 143,274 votes against Flávio Bolsonaro’s 100,816 among 801 of 1,351 voting sections reported.
Flávio Bolsonaro led in South America, with 74.4% of valid votes counted there, while Lula led in Europe with 67.1%.
The figures covered only sections whose results had been released and could change as more results arrived.
The United States, the largest Brazilian overseas electorate, had not released any voting-section results by 19:47 Brasília time.
Among 55 countries with all results published in the report, Lula led in 43 and Flávio Bolsonaro in 12.
- Who
- President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
- What
- They competed in the second round of Brazil’s 2026 presidential election. Lula led the overseas vote overall, while Flávio Bolsonaro led in South America.
- When
- October 25, 2026.
- Where
- Brazilian voting sections abroad, across several regions and countries.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The second round of Brazil’s presidential election took place, with overseas results released by the Superior Electoral Court.
The first reported South American results reduced Lula’s overall lead in the overseas vote.
Results from 801 of 1,351 overseas voting sections had been published; the United States had not yet reported results.
The last overseas polls were scheduled to close in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
- Overseas results published
- 801 of 1,351 voting-section reports, or 59.3%
- Lula overseas total
- 143,274 votes
- Flávio Bolsonaro overseas total
- 100,816 votes
- South America
- Flávio Bolsonaro had 74.4% of valid votes counted
- Europe
- Lula had 67.1% of valid votes counted, including Turkey
- Countries with all results published
- Lula led in 43 of 55; Flávio Bolsonaro led in 12