DID Press: Brazil’s incumbent president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has won the country’s presidential runoff election, securing a fourth term in office.
According to Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court, with 97.69% of the votes counted in the second round, Lula da Silva secured 51.74% of the vote, defeating opposition candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, a right-wing senator who received 48.26%.
The report described Lula da Silva as the first politician in modern Brazilian history to win a presidential runoff after trailing in the first round of voting.
He is scheduled to officially begin his new term on January 1, 2027.
Voter turnout in the second round was reported at 80.79%, with more than 127 million citizens participating in the election.