Lula wins Brazil presidential runoff; Bolsonaro refuses to concede
Original title: Brazil elections: Lula secures fourth term after dramatic comeback
Lula took 51.79 percent to Flávio Bolsonaro's 48.21 percent, and Bolsonaro says he will seek annulment.
Brazil's Superior Electoral Court said Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the runoff with 51.79 percent of the vote against Flávio Bolsonaro's 48.21 percent. Bolsonaro has not recognized the result and told supporters in Brasília he would seek annulment, citing a two-hour polling extension that both campaigns had requested. Lula's new term is set to begin on 5 January 2027 amid a largely hostile Congress. The result is a political election story, not a cybersecurity or AI event.
Unconfirmed: Bolsonaro disputes the result; the electoral court has announced Lula as the winner.
- Bolsonaro led the first round on 4 October before losing the runoff.
- Lula's Workers' Party faces the most right-wing Congress of Brazil's democratic era.
- Bolsonaro's Liberal Party made the biggest gains in the election.
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Lula wins in Brazil but faces hostile Congress and divided country Vanessa Buschschlüter, Latin America online editor reporting from London Brazil's veteran left-wing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has been re-elected after a bitterly fought campaign, beating his right-wing rival Flávio Bolsonaro, who has not conceded.
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