City elections show Brazil shifted right but not far-right


  • World
  • Tuesday, 29 Oct 2024

Sao Paulo center-right Mayor Ricardo Nunes celebrates his re-election during the municipal elections in Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Carla Carniel/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Conservative and center-right parties were the big winners in Brazil's city elections on Sunday, but right-leaning voters preferred moderates to candidates endorsed by harder line former President Jair Bolsonaro.

The left won only two races in the 26 state capital cities electing new mayors in two rounds of voting that ended in Sunday's runoffs.

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