Michelle and Carlos Bolsonaro, the wife and son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, won seats in Brazil's senate as the right and far right took 34 of the 54 seats elected - senators being the only lawmakers able to impeach supreme court justices. The Brazil election second round follows on 25 October, after Flávio Bolsonaro led President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the first round without the outright majority needed to avoid a runoff.

Bolsonaro family wins across the ballot

The presidential contest shared a ballot with nearly every other office in the country: nearly 159 million voters also chose 27 state governors, 513 members of the lower house, 54 members of the 81-seat senate and state parliamentarians. The family's wins on that ballot:

• •Michelle Bolsonaro, the former president's wife, won a seat in the senate
• •Carlos Bolsonaro, Jair Bolsonaro's second son, also won a senate seat
• •Jair Renan, the youngest son, was elected to the lower house of congress
• •Tarcísio de Freitas, Jair Bolsonaro's former infrastructure minister, was reelected governor of São Paulo, Brazil's most populous and economically important state

A senate with power over the supreme court

The senate result went beyond one family: of the 54 senators elected, 34 were from the right or far right. Bolsonaro's supporters made the senate race a priority because senators are the only lawmakers who can impeach supreme court justices. Impeaching justices has been a demand among Bolsonaristas since the court jailed the former president for attempting a coup.

The runoff numbers

Flávio Bolsonaro, the 45-year-old son of Jair Bolsonaro, beat the 80-year-old President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva but fell short of the outright majority needed to avoid a runoff. With 99.9% of votes counted, the race now moves to a second round on 25 October.

• •Flávio Bolsonaro: 47% of the vote, or 56.1 million votes
• •Lula: 45.1%, or 53.8 million votes
• •Ronaldo Caiado: 2.1%
• •Renan Santos: 2.2%

Flávio Bolsonaro enters the second round as the strong favourite, with votes expected to migrate from the election's other rightwing candidates. Speaking to supporters in Brasília, he called the result "the end of an era" for Lula's Workers' party and told the crowd that Lula, a veteran of seven presidential elections, was worried about power while he himself was worried about the future of Brazil.

Lula regroups for the second round

Lula told supporters he had counted on winning the race outright. "I was convinced I was going to win the election in the first round … But we have a second round," he said. He announced a new campaign from the next day, saying: "in a campaign with only two candidates we will be able to show the difference between our proposals for Brazil". The runoff is scheduled for 25 October.