We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro wins third-place candidate’s support against Lula Brazil's right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro secured third-place finisher Augusto Cury's endorsement on Thursday, strengthening his position against incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ahead of the runoff. Cury won nearly three percent in Sunday's first round. A Datafolha poll put Bolsonaro ahead with 52 percent against Lula's 48 percent.
In a surprise result that defied opinion polls, right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro won 2.2 million votes more than the veteran leftist incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the first round of voting © Evaristo SA, Right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro on Thursday gained the support of Augusto Cury, the third-place candidate in Brazil's presidential election, bolstering his chances against incumbent leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "My support is not a blank check," Cury said in a statement, after winning nearly three percent of the vote in Sunday's first round of voting, compared to Bolsonaro's 47 percent and Lula's 45 percent. Bolsonaro, 45, is the eldest son of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest for plotting a coup after losing Brazil's last election in 2022.
Prior to the announcement, the younger Bolsonaro was leading in polls on Thursday, which gave the senator 52 percent compared to Lula's 48 percent, according to the Datafolha institute. Read moreThousands protest Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, fearing far-right return Lula, 81, downplayed the polls as he sought to secure a fourth term. "I don't assess polls, I don't work like that.
I work knowing that I need to have more votes than Flavio to win the election. I have 17 days to do that," he said at a press conference Thursday. While Bolsonaro is hoping to bank on his allegiances in the final stretch of the campaign, Lula has been strengthening his presence on social media, where the right has an upper hand.
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