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JAPÓN Flávio Bolsonaro won in Japan and Lula prevailed in China in Brazil's overseas vote
Ballot-box reports cited by O Globo show split second-round results in two Asian countries in the 2026 election. Flávio Bolsonaro led in Japan, while Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva came out ahead in China.
Ballot-box reports from Brazil’s Tribunal Superior Eleitoral cited by O Globo showed on Sunday the 25th that Flávio Bolsonaro of the PL won the second round of the 2026 election in Japan, while Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the PT prevailed in China.
In Japan, Flávio Bolsonaro received 28,538 votes, or 80.08%, against Lula’s 7,098 votes, or 19.92%. Those figures also indicate that both candidates improved on their first-round totals, when Flávio had 24,601 votes and Lula had 5,234.
In China, Lula won 502 votes, or 65.28%, while Flávio Bolsonaro got 267, or 34.72%. Both also expanded their vote totals there compared with the first round, when Lula had 367 and Flávio had 203.
O Globo reported that the outcome keeps the same pattern seen in 2022 in both countries. That year, Jair Bolsonaro defeated Lula in Japan by 27,640 votes to 5,412, while Lula beat Jair Bolsonaro in China by 279 to 241.
The Brazilian outlet also said that 918,900 Brazilians abroad are eligible to vote in 2026, across 186 cities in more than 100 countries. That is 31.8% more than in 2022. The TSE’s consolidated nationwide result, it added, would only be released after 5 p.m. Brasília time, when voting ends in Brazil.
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About this piece. Written by El Notero with AI assistance, from reporting published by the outlet cited above. El Notero did no original reporting on this story.
