Lula defeats far-right in Brazil runoff, wins fourth term

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Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the election runoff with 51.74% of the vote, securing his fourth term after defeating Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Lula received 64.1 million votes with 97.69% of ballots counted, overcoming a first-round deficit where Bolsonaro led with 47.03% versus Lula's 45.16%. Geraldo Alckmin will serve as vice president. This marks the first time since Brazil's 1985 democratization that a second-place first-round candidate won the runoff. Lula, aged 80, faced disinformation campaigns and international far-right support for his opponent.


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