Lula projected to win Brazil's presidential runoff against Flávio Bolsonaro

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Brazilian media projected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party to win the presidential runoff against Flávio Bolsonaro, with an unassailable lead in the vote count. Electoral data showed Lula securing 51.67 percent of valid votes, totaling 59,556,789, against Bolsonaro's 48.33 percent with 55,699,832 votes. Turnout reached 80.94 percent, with 115,256,621 valid ballots cast. The 2026 election was Brazil's largest ever, with 158.7 million eligible voters. The result follows the closely contested 2022 race, where Lula defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by roughly 2.1 million votes.


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