Nearly 159 million people to head to polls on Sunday in battle between leftwing incumbent and Flávio Bolsonaro
More than one million supporters of Brazil’s leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have streamed on to Rio’s most famous beach for a giant protest they hope will propel him towards a historic election fightback against his far-right rival, Flávio Bolsonaro.
Nearly 159m Brazilians will vote in the election’s runoff on Sunday, with the pair tied in the polls after Bolsonaro won the first round on 4 October by 47% to 45%.
On Saturday, under a fierce sun, red-clad crowds packed the 2.5-mile Copacabana beach in an attempt to help Lula clinch a dramatic and unprecedented comeback. Never since the return of democracy to Brazil in the 1980s has the first-round loser managed to bounce back.
Forgot to transfer my voter title to the new city in the US where I live from my old one. The situation is so dire that I hopped on a plane and am on my way to vote right now. Lula must win.
Thank you for fulfilling your civic duty. 🫡
Suerte hermano… que tan justo esperan el resultado? (abrazo desde arg)
How stupid to go back to shit again. I guess people want to be worse off all over the globe since they keep doing it. Swing back and forth willy nilly, no care of what policies actually improve lives long-term, and it’s plainly visibly where it works. The answers are given yet they are ridiculously close to fail the test again! Nah, let’s do the thing that makes it worse again and see if it works this time, durrr…
I’d love to see an upset, but all the remaining votes went to other right wing candidates in the last round. The math ain’t looking good.
If you can get two million more, that’ll win you the election
