a crucial presidential election in a country under high tension

More than 150 million voters were expected at the polls on Sunday October 2 to elect their next president. Brazilians between the ages of 18 and 69 were required to vote. The ballot took place calmly, despite the very polarized voting intentions. Outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro voted in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), wearing a Brazilian football shirt over a bulletproof vest.

For his part, his opponent, the former left-wing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, kissed his ballot, as a sign of hope, in a working-class suburb of São Paulo (Brazil). In the event of defeat, Jair Bolsonaro could challenge the results. He particularly criticized the system of electronic ballot boxes in force in the country. Foreign observers and more than 500,000 members of the security forces were mobilized to ensure the smooth running of the vote, the counting of which began on the evening of Sunday 2 October.