Right-wing candidates secured 39 Senate seats, 388 deputies, and 18 governorships, leaving the left with only five senators and 124 deputies. Flávio's Liberal Party is projected to hold around 31 of 81 Senate seats, the largest single party bloc in the chamber in 40 years. This new alliance is close to the two thirds majority required to impeach the Supreme Court justices who jailed the former president, and a Flávio victory in the runoff against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would allow him to appoint 4 new judges to the court.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Flávio Bolsonaro Vows to Free Father and Purge Brazil’s Supreme Court
World15 days ago
The outcome of the latest Brazilian elections has placed the control of the chamber of deputies and most state governorships in the hands of the nationalist right. Candidate Flávio Bolsonaro is now utilizing this shift to campaign on a pledge of congressional amnesty for the participants of the January 2023 protests and for his father, Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27 year sentence in a coup case and is under house arrest.
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