Sao Paulo mayor candidate center-right Mayor Ricardo Nunes speaks during a meeting with supporters at a rally the day after a first round of election in Sao Paulo, Brazil October 7, 2024. REUTERS/Felipe Iruata/File Photo
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Sao Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes was reelected on Sunday to serve another four years in Brazil's largest city, defeating leftist challenger Guilherme Boulos in municipal runoffs that confirmed a rightward swing by voters that could shape the country's 2026 presidential and congressional elections.
Voters cast ballots in mayoral runoff elections in 51 cities, including 15 state capitals. The right and center-right won 14 mayoral races in the capitals - though hard-right former President Jair Bolsonaro's Liberal Party (PL) did not do as well as expected. President Lula da Silva's leftist Workers' Party prevailed in just one of those races.
