Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) won the Brazilian presidential runoff in Israel, with 80.8% of valid votes. The senator received 699 votes, against 166 for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), who obtained 19.2%. The tally was completed at the five polling stations established in the country.
In the first round, Flávio had received 523 votes, while Lula had 92. Considering only the votes cast for the two candidates, the senator accounted for 85% of the first-round valid votes and the president for 15%. In other words, in the second round Flávio’s share fell by 4.2 percentage points, to 80.8%, while Lula’s rose by the same amount, to 19.2%.
In absolute numbers, Flávio received 176 more votes than in the first round, a 33.7% increase. Lula added 74 additional votes, raising his vote to 80.4%.
Turnout at the polls increases
Israel registered 902 votes in the second round, compared to 730 in the first. Turnout rose from approximately 21.2% to 26.2% of eligible voters, while abstention fell from 78.8% to 73.8%.
In the second round, 18 blank votes and 19 null votes were counted, in addition to the 865 valid votes allocated to the two candidates. The country had 3,443 eligible voters.
In the first round, the total was 704 votes for candidates, 14 blank and 12 null, totaling 730 votes counted. At that time, Israel had 3,442 eligible voters.
