Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected president of Brazil after leading the second round of the elections held this Sunday against his opponent Jair Bolsonaro, who was seeking re-election.
The leftist of 77 years led the electoral contest with a minimum advantage of 50.77%, while the outgoing agent obtained the 49.21% of votes with the 98% of scrutiny.
In this way, the right-wing Bolsonaro became the first president in the history of Brazil not to be re-elected.
Likewise, Lula, who is leader of the Workers’ Party (PT), is about to start his third stage in power after his two previous terms between 2003 and 2010.
In the first round, Bols Onaro trailed Lula da Silva by five points, scoring 48% to 43%, but the numbers were enough to define the presidential race in the ballotage.
Bolsonaro led the October 2 the first part of the count, with an advantage of up to 14 points, but was overtaken by the leftist when more than 67% of the scrutiny was registered, after the counting of votes in small cities in the peripheral regions.
In the second round, Lula was again in second place at the beginning of the count, but reaffirmed his favoritism by coming back when the percentage of votes exceeded 67%.