Brazil Election Results: Lula and Bolsonaro Split State Capitals in Runoff

In Brazil's presidential runoff on Sunday, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won 12 state capitals while Flávio Bolsonaro won 14, reshaping the vote distribution from the first round. Lula secured the national victory with 51.79% of the vote versus Bolsonaro's 48.21%. In the first round on October 4, Bolsonaro had led in 16 of 27 capitals, dominating the Center-West and six of seven Northern capitals, while Lula won eight of nine Northeastern capitals. Among major cities, Lula took São Paulo with 55.50%, while Bolsonaro won Belo Horizonte and Brasília, but Lula edged out a win in Rio de Janeiro. Bolsonaro's strongest capital performance was in Boa Vista with 75.75%, while Lula's best was Salvador with 73.24%. In the South, Bolsonaro won Curitiba and Florianópolis, but Lula took Porto Alegre.