Brazil's presidential election

Day by day

1. Sunday, 4 October 2026

   4 countries

   Brazilian papers focus on polls and uncertainty; European papers on a divided country and an unfinished Lula versus Bolsonaro duel.

   • Brazil
   • Portugal
   • Austria
   • France

   Lead story in 5

   • 
     Estado de MinasBrazil

     Unclear picture in the presidential election

   • 
     Folha de S.PauloBrazil

     Lula scores 45% and Flávio Bolsonaro 42% in the final stretch, says Datafolha

   • 
     O Estado de S. PauloBrazil

     Sceptical, voters go to the polls after a turbulent and empty campaign

   • 
     O GloboBrazil

     The most unpredictable in history

   • 
     A TardeBrazil

     Lula widens lead over Flávio

   Highlight in 4

   • 
     Jornal de NotíciasPortugal

     Brazilians caught in a whirlwind between Lula and Bolsonaro

   • 
     PúblicoPortugal

     2026 elections: Lula or Bolsonaro? Brazilians return to the polls divided on everything

   • 
     La Dépêche du MidiFrance

     Lula versus Bolsonaro in unfinished political duel

   • 
     KurierAustria

     Brazil votes: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wants to try once more at the age of 80.

   Who left it off the front page 24 papers

   Leading papers with a verified front page that day which did not carry the theme in the headline or highlights.

   Portugal

   • Correio da ManhãDaughters forgive mother accused of killing their father

   Spain

   • ABCCrisis cabinet at La Moncloa: Sánchez, between polls and his inner circle
   • El CorreoA downpour floods the Casco Viejo
   • El MundoSánchez used Zapatero as a card to save the 'decretazo'
   • El PaísThe street marches for housing
   • El PeriódicoA storm never seen before batters Catalonia
   • La VanguardiaThe rise of the far right leads to an ungovernable Catalonia
   • La Voz de GaliciaGovernment partners and opposition call for elections from a Pedro Sánchez without a majority

   France

   • La CroixUnforgettable
   • Le MondeDrought: drinking water networks put to the test
   • Le Parisien"We need a real and broad coalition"

   United Kingdom

   • The Herald (Scotland)Democracy 'silenced' by soaring free speech cases
   • The IndependentBurnham scraps Starmer's plan to axe jury trials
   • The ObserverThe road back from Brexit

   Germany

   • Der TagesspiegelJunge Union chief Winkel calls for swift draft law on pension reform
   • Die WeltWho pays for Mum?
   • Hamburger AbendblattHow I stopped trying to improve my husband

   Italy

   • AvvenireA saint for today
   • Corriere della SeraSpain shaken by protests
   • Il Fatto QuotidianoKyiv, a 70 billion hole. The Russians besiege Kharkiv
   • Il GiornaleScarpinato, the Five Star member who accuses the right of «misdirecting» inquiries on the mafia
   • Il MessaggeroSpain takes to the streets, «general strike»: Sánchez cornered
   • Il Sole 24 OreMps, Intesa: "Take it or leave it"
   • la RepubblicaEuropean left at a crossroads