Flçio Bolsonaro, the 45-year-old rightwing candidate, received 56.1m votes to Luiz Inêcio Lula da Silva's 53.8m in the first round of Brazil's presidential election[8030682][8147033] The Bolsonaro family's surprise first-round victory underscores how far the former president has come in building a political dynasty[8147033] Flçio Bolsonaro is in pole position to win Brazil's presidency after a far-right tsunami propelled him to a shock first-round victory[8030682] The 80-year-old leftwinger, Luiz Inêcio Lula da Silva, has a mountain to climb if he is to bounce back in the second round on 25 October[8030682] This is the first time since Brazil's return to democracy in 1985 that the first-round runner-up has managed to turn the game around and win the second ballot[8030682]