00:00Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has advanced to a presidential runoff against incumbent Luis Inácio Lula da Silva
00:08after securing around 47% of valid votes in the first round.
00:12Bolsonaro's performance defied expectations from most polling institutes, with almost 99% of votes counted.
00:22He now faces Lula in the October 25th runoff, after the incumbent received 44.9% of the vote.
00:31Speaking in Brasilia, Bolsonaro said nearly 56 million Brazilians had given him a vote of confidence for change.
00:39He vowed to fight for Brazil's future rather than political power and promised a modern government with fewer ministries.
00:47Bolsonaro is the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup
00:55after losing the 2022 election.
00:58The October 25th runoff will now pit Flavio Bolsonaro against Lula in a contest between two very different political camps.
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