26.10.2026 05:40
According to unofficial results, incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the second round of Brazil's presidential election. In the election, where 96.76 percent of the votes were counted, Lula received 51.77 percent of the vote, while his rival, right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, remained at 48.23 percent. Lula, who finished the first round in second place, won the right to govern the country for the fourth time.
According to unofficial results, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the second round of Brazil's presidential election.
According to the results of Brazil's Ordinary General Elections (Eleição Geral Ordinária), 96.76 percent of the votes were counted.
BOLSONARO STAYS AT 48.23 PERCENT
Workers' Party (PT) candidate and incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva guaranteed finishing the election race in the lead with 64,168,000 votes and 51.77 percent.
Freedom Party (PL) candidate, right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro, came second with 59,790,000 votes and 48.23 percent.
A FIRST SINCE THE DICTATORSHIP
This result marked the first historic comeback since the end of the military dictatorship (1964-1985) and the transition to democracy in which a candidate who finished the first round in second place defeated his rival in the second round and won the election.
Lula da Silva, who participated in presidential elections for the 7th time during his career, earned the right to govern Brazil for the 4th time with this victory.
In the first round held on October 4, right-wing candidate Bolsonaro received 47 percent of the vote, while Lula da Silva received 45.1 percent.