Brazil's Lula wins historic fourth term

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the leader of the Workers’ Party and acting President of Brazil, won a historic fourth presidential term in a runoff election held on October 25. According to Middle East Eye, the Superior Electoral Court reported Lula secured 51.78% of the valid votes, while Senator Flávio Bolsonaro received 48.22%. The Corner reported Lula obtained more than 64.2 million votes compared to 59.8 million for Bolsonaro. New Voice of Ukraine noted that the results were reported by Reuters.

The election results defied polls and precedent, according to The Korea Times. Senator Bolsonaro, who led in the first round, has refused to accept the results. The Korea Times reports he intends to ask for the results to be annulled due to a Supreme Court ruling that extended voting for two hours. Middle East Eye reports that while the extension was granted due to technical issues and heavy rain, the extension may have been requested by both candidates.

The loss has impacted Brazilian financial markets, which had expected a victory for Bolsonaro, according to The Korea Times. The outlet noted that the scale of the defeat was more than twice the margin by which Jair Bolsonaro lost to Lula in 2022.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Corner, The Korea Times, New Voice of Ukraine, The Times of Israel, Middle East Eye — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.