Lula vs Bolsonaro results: Lula wins 4th Brazil term
Lula vs Bolsonaro results show Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva winning Brazil’s runoff with 51.76% of valid votes after the Superior Electoral Court named him victor for a fourth term.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won Sunday’s presidential runoff and will begin a fourth nonconsecutive term on Jan. 5, 2027.
The Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Brazil’s top election body, declared Lula the winner with 51.76% of valid votes against Flavio Bolsonaro’s 48.24%.
The margin was more than 4 million votes after nearly all polling stations were tallied.
Lula is the first candidate since Brazil’s two-round system began in 1989 to win a runoff after finishing second in the first round.
On Oct. 4, Flavio Bolsonaro led the first round with 47.03% to Lula’s 45.16%.