How did Lula beat Bolsonaro after losing Brazil’s first-round election?

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential runoff with 51.79 percent of valid votes, or 64.26 million ballots, compared with Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s 48.21 percent and 59.83 million votes. Bolsonaro had led the October 4 first round with 47.03 percent, against Lula’s 45.16 percent, a margin of about 2.2 million votes. The 80-year-old Lula secured an unprecedented fourth term and became the first candidate since Brazil’s return to democracy in 1985 to win a runoff after finishing second in the first round. Turnout reached 80.8 percent, up from 78.92 percent in the opening round.