Lula wins Brazil presidential election as Bolsonaro refuses to accept defeat

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won a fourth term in office after defeating right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro in Sunday's presidential election runoff, overturning his first-round defeat in a contest that ended with his opponent refusing to recognise the result. Lula, 80, secured 51.79% of the vote against Bolsonaro's 48.21%, according to Brazil's Superior Electoral Court. The president received 64.26 million votes, compared with 59.83 million for his challenger, a margin o

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