Lula wins Brazil election; Bolsonaro refuses to concede

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has officially won Sunday's presidential election, but far-right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has refused to concede and called for the result to be annulled. Lula secured 51.8 percent of the vote against Bolsonaro's 48.2 percent, marking his fourth non-consecutive term. Bolsonaro cited a two-hour voting extension, which both candidates had supported, as grounds for challenging the result, accusing the Supreme Court of changing rules mid-election. Lula's victory breaks a streak of far-right wins in Latin America and is a setback for Donald Trump, who backed Bolsonaro. Election annulment challenges have been rejected twice in Brazil's history, with no election ever annulled.


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