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Brazil election results 2026: Key takeaways from Lula’s historic win
Lula wins a fourth term after a dramatic run-off marred by voting confusion and allegations of interference.
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pulled off a political comeback that no Brazilian presidential candidate has managed in nearly four decades.
On Sunday, the 80-year-old leftist president won a record fourth non-consecutive term, overcoming a first-round defeat to right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Lula won more than 51 percent of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48 percent. Some 98.76 percent of the ballots were counted when electoral authorities declared him the winner.
Brazil’s Federal Police are investigating alleged election-related transport disruptions in five states.