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Progressive voters and supporters of incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left reeling after far-right surge

Experts say strength of evangelical church and stubbornness of Lula, 80, also helped propel Jair Bolsonaro’s son to first-round election win

Brazil’s presidential race will go to a second round after the far-right candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, beat the incumbent leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, but failed to secure the outright majority he needed to avoid a runoff on 25 October. Speaking in Sāo Paulo, Lula said the result was 'unexpected' and that Bolsonaro’s 'dark past' would become clearer to voters in the lead-up to that vote. Addressing media in Brasilia, Bolsonaro expressed confidence about the showdown, saying nearly 56 million Brazilians had given him a 'vote of confidence for change', and vowed he would fight for 'Brazil's future' rather than power

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is standing against Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round of the presidential race

Far-right challenger and son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro put in a stronger than expected showing, with Lula calling the result ‘unexpected’

Brazilians have voted in a highly polarised presidential election between incumbent leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva -seeking a fourth presidential mandate - and right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who emerged as the leading figure of the conservative movement following the conviction and imprisonment of his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro

Leftwing incumbent Lula trying to fight off close rival Flávio Bolsonaro, far-right son of jailed ex-president

The US president has taken credit for far-right victories across Latin America, but those wins have had more to do with fears of gang crime than his meddling

Brazilian speech therapists say struggle for acceptance is part of wider prejudice embedded into Portuguese society