Lula wins over 95% of votes in Palestine and Cuba

g1.globo.com (Portuguese) —

Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won over 95% of valid votes among Brazilians in Palestine and Cuba in Sunday's runoff, despite a narrow overall victory against Flávio Bolsonaro. In Palestine, Lula received 1,000 votes versus 46 for Bolsonaro, while in Cuba he got 43 votes against one. Both countries had previously shown strong support for Lula in the first round. Lula won in 62 of 90 countries with overseas voting, totaling 200,154 votes abroad against Bolsonaro's 171,497. Turnout was low, with 58.37% abstention among 916,000 eligible voters.


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