Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans left
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
66/100
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Outlets on this story
59
Politics
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1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is up against Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is in prison for plotting a military coup.
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who → plot → coup
The president in Brazil is directly elected, and candidates need more than 50% of the vote to avoid a second round.
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candidates → elect → round
Polls close at 17.00 BRT / 21.00 BST.
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Polls → close → BRT
How the election works
Brazil’s president is directly elected: each voter’s ballot counts equally and there is no electoral college.
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ballot → work → ?
If no candidate wins more than 50% of the valid votes cast in the first round, a second runoff election will be held three weeks later between the two candidates who polled highest.
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who → win → candidates
The first is the incumbent president, Lula, 80, a veteran of the Brazilian left who has served three terms.
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who → serve → terms
During his first two terms, between 2003 and 2011, he was credited with overseeing a historic period of commodity-fuelled growth and poverty reduction.
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he → credit → growth
Brazilian presidents are limited to two consecutive terms, so if he wins this time he will not be able to stand in 2030.
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he → limit → 2030
In 2018 Lula was jailed on corruption charges, although his conviction was quashed after 580 days behind bars.
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conviction → jail → bars
Bolsonaro senior is serving a 27-year sentence for masterminding a failed coup after losing the 2022 election but has endorsed his son’s campaign and hopes to regain his freedom if he wins.
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he → serve → freedom
Opinion polls suggest no other candidate will come close to the two frontrunners, but neither is there a clear leader in polling for the 25 October runoff.
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neither → suggest → runoff
The new leader will take power on 5 January 2027.
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leader → take → January
One of the most important states to watch is Minas Gerais, a mountainous mining and agricultural region that is larger than France and has 21 million inhabitants, and is Brazil’s bellwether state.
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that → watch → inhabitants
Since democracy returned in the 1980s, no candidate has won the presidency without triumphing in Minas.
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candidate → return → Minas
In 2018, Jair Bolsonaro beat Lula’s candidate there by more than 1.7m votes and was elected president.
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Bolsonaro → beat → votes
Four years later, Lula reclaimed the state by fewer than 50,000 and also won the nationwide race.
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Lula → reclaim → race
History suggests that whoever wins Minas, will win the election.
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wins → suggest → election
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