The Associated Press reported that incumbent President Bolsonaro needs to perform extremely well in order to be competitive in the runoffs, because the leading position in the polls is Brazilian former President Lula.

2025/07/0207:22:34 hotcomm 1008

Jimin News Reporter Li Lili

On Thursday night local time, thousands of Brazilians stared at the TV and watched the last presidential debate before the election. On October 2, the first round of voting will be held in the Brazilian presidential election.

AP reported that the current president Bolsonaro needs extremely outstanding performance to be competitive in the runoffs, because the leading position in the polls is now the former Brazilian president Lula .

On September 29, local time, data released by the polling agency Datafolha showed that Lula's approval rating was 48%, ranking first in the first round of polls, and Bolsonaro ranked second with a support rating of 34%.

There are 7 candidates in this Brazilian election. Former President Lula and current President Bolsonaro are currently in the lead. It is expected that the presidential dispute will begin among the two.

The Associated Press reported that incumbent President Bolsonaro needs to perform extremely well in order to be competitive in the runoffs, because the leading position in the polls is Brazilian former President Lula. - DayDayNews

candidates took a photo, with Brazilian President Bolsonaro on the left, and former President Lula on the right (Photo source AP)

Lula is a Brazilian left-wing politician. From 2003 to 2010, he served as the 40th president of Brazil. He is also the first president of Brazilian history to be a worker.

During his administration, Brazil's economy grew rapidly and returned to the top ten world economy. After the Brazilian judicial authorities launched the "Car Wash Operation" anti-corruption investigation in 2014, Lula was imprisoned in April 2018 for suspected bribery, but has always insisted on being innocent and was released in November 2019.

In May this year, Lula announced her re-elected presidential election. He is also seen as Bolsonaro's biggest competitor for re-election.

According to the Brazilian presidential election rules, if a candidate receives more than half of the votes in the first round of voting, he will be directly elected, otherwise the two who receive the most votes will decide the winner in the second round of voting.

This means that candidates need enough votes to win in the first round.

Thursday night’s debate was the last chance for candidates to canvass for pre-election elections. Mauro Paulino, former head of the Datagram, said that this small number of people will decide whether the election will be two or one round, and the candidate's performance in front of the audience is very important.

(Source: Jimu News)

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