Brazil: Lula narrowly wins a fourth term as rival Flavio Bolsonaro refuses to accept defeat

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential runoff with 51.79% of the vote, or 64,256,232 ballots, against Flavio Bolsonaro’s 48.21% and 59,826,041 votes. Having trailed in the October 4 first round, Lula becomes Brazil’s oldest president at 81 and the first to secure a fourth term. Flavio Bolsonaro has refused to concede and called for the election to be annulled, citing the Supreme Court’s extension of voting hours. Turnout exceeded 80.78% of Brazil’s 158.7 million registered voters.