Brazil's Lula Wins Fourth Term, Defeating Bolsonaro in Runoff
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a fourth term in the October 25 runoff election, defeating Senator Flavio Bolsonaro with 51.76% of the vote against 48.24%, according to Brazil's Superior Electoral Court with 99.76% of ballots counted. Lula's victory marks the first four-term presidency in Brazil's modern political history, while Flavio Bolsonaro, who sought to become the country's first father-son president duo following former President Jair Bolsonaro, conceded defeat after an initial lead slipped away. The win also halts the right-wing "blue tide" sweeping Latin America since Trump's 2025 inauguration, marking the first leftist victory in a regional presidential election. Lula, who first ran in 1989, now holds a 4-3 record in seven presidential bids.