Bolsonaro can defeat Lula in the second round if he builds a political agreement with right-wing parties.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro will compete in a presidential runoff election in Brazil on October 25. With 98.36 percent of the vote counted, official results confirmed that neither candidate secured an outright victory in the first round of voting held this Sunday.

The upcoming second round follows a competitive initial stage where the candidates finished within approximately 2.96 percentage points of one another. To secure a victory in the runoff, the Liberal Party candidate is expected to pursue political negotiations and alliances with various right-wing parties.