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Lula wins Brazil runoff with 51.79% of votes
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a fourth term with 51.79% of votes, beating Flávio Bolsonaro after trailing the 4 October first round. He is the first president since Brazil's 1985 civilian return to win after losing round one. Bolsonaro has not recognised the result. Supreme Electoral Court president Kássio Nunes Marques confirmed Lula's victory Sunday.
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What It Means For You
- World leaders have congratulated Lula while Bolsonaro's camp contests the extended voting hours.
- The 4.4 million-vote margin between candidates makes legal challenges harder, observers said.
- Sunday's runoff saw the largest drop in abstention between rounds since 1989.
What's Happening
- Lula told supporters his victory was a loss for negativity and lies and said long live democracy.
- Bolsonaro won round one with 47% to Lula's 45% before turnout efforts shifted the runoff.
- Justice Cristiano Zanin extended voting nationwide by two hours; both campaigns had requested more time.
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- Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of convicted former president Jair Bolsonaro, who also disputed past results.
- Nunes Marques, appointed by Jair Bolsonaro, said the extension did not change the outcome.
- About 33 million people did not vote in the first round, a focus of Lula's mobilisation push.
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