{"id":47274,"date":"2026-10-05T16:03:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47274"},"modified":"2026-10-05T16:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:03:54","slug":"brazil-president-calls-election-results-unexpected","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/brazil-president-calls-election-results-unexpected\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil President calls election results unexpected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says the first round of the presidential election was quite unexpected.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">His political rival Flavio Bolsonaro performed better than expected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Bolsonaro won 47% of the vote and Lula managed to get 45%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Experts had predicted that Lula will lead the first round by at least 3 percent points.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran Brazilian leader Lula says his campaign will start afresh, adding that the runoff is the moment of truth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The campaign will be anchored on the cost of living, corruption and crime in Latin America&#8217;s largest economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Senator Bolsonaro says Brazilians have expressed confidence in him, and he has vowed to fight for Brazil&#8217;s future rather than power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He further insisted that Brazil must choose a modern government that will restore democracy with fewer ministries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The runoff is scheduled for October 25.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":47275,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-47274","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47276,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47274\/revisions\/47276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}