Almost three in four valid Brazilian runoff votes cast in Austria went to Lula. He received 1,178 votes, compared with 393 for Flávio Bolsonaro. The result was much more decisive than Brazil’s overall outcome, although only just over half of registered voters took part.
Austria’s result is recorded by the TSE under “Viena”, or Vienna. It describes votes cast by the Brazilian electors assigned to that reporting area. It is neither a survey of the Austrian population nor a poll of every Brazilian living in Austria.
74.98% for Lula in the runoff
On 25 October 2026, Lula took 74.98% of valid votes and Flávio Bolsonaro 25.02%. The gap was 785 votes. Of the 1,623 votes cast, 1,571 were valid, 21 blank and 31 invalid. Only valid votes enter the candidates’ percentages.
| Measure | First round, 4 October | Runoff, 25 October |
|---|---|---|
| Lula | 979 votes / 66.55% | 1,178 votes / 74.98% |
| Flávio Bolsonaro | 311 votes / 21.14% | 393 votes / 25.02% |
| Other candidates | 181 votes / 12.30% | – |
| Valid votes | 1,471 | 1,571 |
| Participants | 1,522 | 1,623 |
| Turnout | 48.56% | 51.77% |
What changed between rounds
Lula gained 199 votes compared with round one, while Bolsonaro gained 82. Participation increased by 101 people, and valid votes by 100. The other candidates, who had received 181 votes between them in round one, were no longer on the ballot.
The arithmetic is exact: the finalists gained a combined 281 votes, equal to the 181 previously cast for other candidates plus 100 additional valid votes. That does not reveal who personally changed to which candidate. People entering or leaving participation between rounds can also affect the net totals.
Turnout moved just above 50%
The Austrian runoff register contained 3,135 voters. Of them, 1,623 participated and 1,512 did not, producing turnout of 51.77%. The first round had recorded 48.56% participation among 3,134 registered voters.
The large candidate majority and the participation rate answer different questions. Lula’s 74.98% is a share of valid votes, not of everyone on the register. Both measures are needed for a balanced reading of the outcome. The returns alone do not explain why particular registered voters stayed away.
Austria sits between Germany and Switzerland
Lula received 79.09% in Germany and 56.68% in Switzerland. Austria’s 74.98% lay between them: 4.11 percentage points below Germany and 18.31 points above Switzerland. These are results from electorates of different sizes and potentially different compositions.
Across all overseas reporting areas, Lula won 53.86%. Austria was therefore well above the overseas average. In the national result, including overseas votes, he received 51.79%. None of those comparisons makes the Austrian returns a representative sample of Brazilians abroad.
See the complete overseas country overview for the wider comparison, or the individual analyses for Germany and Switzerland. The English-language country series also covers the UK, Canada and United States.
Data and method
First-round candidate and detailed-count files were aggregated for the overseas reporting area Vienna, code 30767. The runoff uses its official result file. Candidate shares use valid votes; turnout uses each round’s register. Changes in totals are aggregate differences rather than a measurement of individual voter transfers.
Sources: TSE official results portal; Official runoff data; TSE Vienna runoff return; First-round raw data; Overseas polling-location directory.
English edition of our German-language analysis.
Data as of 26 October 2026. Calculations and graphics: severint.info. Presidential election only. Figures may not add exactly because of rounding.
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