Lula re-elected president in Brazil, electoral authority says
Lula overcame a first-round deficit after a late turnout surge and will face a Congress where Bolsonaro allies made gains, officials said.
- On Sunday, October 25, 2026, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva secured a fourth term, defeating Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in a tight presidential runoff election.
- Lula's victory marked a dramatic turnaround after finishing second in the October 4 first round, where Liberal Party candidate Flávio held a lead of roughly 2.2 million votes.
- Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin extended voting hours nationwide by two hours on Sunday after citing transportation failures and storms that stranded voters in Bahia and other states.
- With 99.77 percent of electoral sections tallied, Lula secured 51.76 percent of valid votes to 48.24 percent for Flávio, a margin of 4,350,257 ballots out of 123,806,749 total valid votes.
- Facing a Congress with a strong conservative presence, Lula begins his fourth term on January 5, 2027, while questions persist regarding whether Flávio will formally challenge the voting extension.
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The re-elected president spoke from his bunker in São Paulo.He thanked the citizens for going to the polls to defend democracy and insisted on the need to regulate digital platforms.
Despite his loss in the first round, Lula managed to bounce back in the second round. On a somewhat chaotic election day, the current president of Brazil received 52 percent of the vote.
LUIZ Inácio Lula da Silva has been re-elected as Brazil's president, narrowly defeating Flávi Bolsonaro in the second round. This is Lula's fourth term and a historic turnaround after his defeat in the first round.
In Brazil, left-wing leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won the presidency for the fourth time after defeating right-wing rival Flavio Bolsonaro in the second round of the presidential election.
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