Brazil Elections: What You Should Know

Brazilians will cast their ballots for their next president, hoping to push Latin America’s largest country toward a more stable.

Brazilians Face Radically Different Choices As Polling Begins For The Presidential Elections.

Here’s what to know about Brazil’s presidential election.

Once imprisoned, former leftist Brazilian President Lula is poised to return to Brazilian leadership. Corruption has been behind the convictions that have landed him in prison.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Rises Again

In Brazil, polls are showing that Lula da Silva is poised to defeat Jair Bolsonaro in the Sunday's election. 

Jair Bolsonaro, has questioned the integrity of Sunday’s election and trails in polls to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose imprisonment is linked to a corruption scandal

Opinion polls have shown Lula with a solid lead for months; however, Bolsonaro has signaled he may refuse to accept defeat. There is a fear of institutional crisis or potential post-election violence.

The winner could be announced within hours of polling stations closing at 5 p.m. If no candidate wins more than half the votes, the top two finishers go to a run-off on Oct. 30.