RIO DE JANEIRO, October 26. /TASS/. Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court, which performs the functions of the Central Election Commission, has completed the vote count for the second round of the presidential election. According to the final results, with 100% of ballots counted, incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has officially been reelected.
According to the election authority’s final statistics, Lula da Silva, the candidate of the left-wing Workers’ Party, won with 51.79% of the vote, receiving 64,256,232 votes. His rival, right-wing opposition Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, received 48.21%, with 59,826,041 people voting for him. The total number of valid votes was 124,082,273.
Lula da Silva is now the first politician in the present-day Brazilian history to win the presidential election after trailing in the first round of voting. The elected head of state will assume the office on January 1, 2027.
Earlier, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who represents the right-wing opposition and lost in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, refused to recognize the election results and stated that they should be annulled.