Politics · Brazil · 2 days ago
Third-place candidate backs Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of Brazil runoff
Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face each other in Brazil’s runoff election.
Augusto Cury, who finished third with about 3% of the vote, has endorsed Bolsonaro.
A poll cited in the reports put Bolsonaro ahead, though Lula said he was focused on winning more votes.
The runoff will decide whether Brazil keeps its current left-wing leadership or elects a right-wing president.
Flávio Bolsonaro received an endorsement from third-place candidate Augusto Cury ahead of Brazil’s presidential runoff.
Cury won nearly 3 percent of the vote in the first round and said his support was not a blank check.
Bolsonaro finished first in the first round with 47 percent, ahead of incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who received 45 percent.
A Datafolha poll put Bolsonaro ahead of Lula by 52 percent to 48 percent before Cury’s endorsement.
The runoff is scheduled for October 25.
- Who
- Flávio Bolsonaro received the endorsement of Augusto Cury, the first-round third-place candidate.
- What
- Cury said he would support Bolsonaro in the presidential runoff, while saying his backing was not a blank check.
- When
- Cury announced his support on Thursday, ahead of the October 25 runoff.
- Where
- Brazil.
- Why
- Cury’s stated reason for endorsing Bolsonaro is not stated.
Flávio Bolsonaro
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Political direction
Flávio Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro is a right-wing candidate.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Lula is a left-wing incumbent.
First-round result
Flávio Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro received 47 percent of the vote.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Lula received 45 percent.
Runoff polling
Flávio Bolsonaro
A Datafolha poll put Bolsonaro at 52 percent.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
The same poll put Lula at 48 percent.
no blank check
I don't care about polls
Flávio Bolsonaro received 47 percent of the vote and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received 45 percent.
A protest march took place in Rio de Janeiro.
Augusto Cury endorsed Bolsonaro; protests against a rightward shift also took place in São Paulo and other Brazilian cities.
Brazil is scheduled to hold the presidential runoff.
- Cury’s first-round vote
- Nearly 3 percent
- Bolsonaro’s first-round vote
- 47 percent
- Lula’s first-round vote
- 45 percent
- Datafolha runoff poll
- Bolsonaro 52 percent; Lula 48 percent
- Runoff date
- October 25
Sources
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