Lula da Silva, who is seeking a fourth non-consecutive term in office, and right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro, 45. Bolsonaro is the son of former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup after losing the last election in 2022. This is Bolsonaro's election to lose after he came top in the first round of voting on 4 October, which US President Donald Trump called a "very big" victory. Never before has a candidate who trailed after the first round managed to overturn the deficit and win in the second round. The younger Bolsonaro appeared at a polling station in Rio de Janeiro early on Sunday morning, telling reporters outside that "time has come for real change". His supporters were jubilant at his final campaign rallies, confident that he would bring change to Brazil through his promised tough crackdown on organized crime, as well as tax and public spending cuts. Bolsonaro campaigned on the eve of polls opening in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais, which has been a must-win state for any presidential hopeful since the 1980s. "The time is almost here," Bolsonaro told supporters in a social media video. "There are only a few hours left before we shape the future of our nation for the next 30 or 40 years." He has also pledged to release his father, who is currently serving his sentence under house arrest due to ill health. In Barra de Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, where Jair Bolsonaro has a home, Bolsonaro supporters rallied in support of him dressed in the national colors. "Brazil needs change, and Flávio is the person that represents that today, after so many years of the Left destroying the economy and the country," one told BBC News. (BBC)