Lula leads Bolsonaro son in overseas first-round vote, runoff set for Sunday

Brazilians living abroad return to the polls on Sunday, October 25, to choose between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in the second round of the 2026 presidential election.

In the first round on October 4, Lula won the overseas vote with 157,387 valid votes, or 47.57 percent, while Flávio received 143,900 votes, or 43.49 percent. This reversed the national order, where Flávio finished with 47.03 percent against Lula's 45.16 percent.

“The official result of the count will be released by the Superior Electoral Court starting at 5 p.m.”

Lula led in 64 countries, Flávio in 35, and Guinea-Bissau recorded a tie with 17 votes each. In Europe, Lula received 95,442 votes against Flávio's 48,874, winning 25 of 29 countries with polling stations. Flávio led only in Greece and Ukraine.

The United States was Flávio's largest overseas electoral college with 45,004 votes to Lula's 23,335. Japan gave Flávio 24,601 votes, nearly five times Lula's 5,234. Across Asia, Flávio obtained 28,063 votes against Lula's 11,643.

Poder360 will track the second-round count in real time using ballot bulletins from each polling station. The official result will be released by the Superior Electoral Court starting at 5 p.m.