{
  "id": 16559361,
  "title": "Brazil elections: Lula wins the presidential election for the fourth time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/wahlen-in-brasilien-lula-gewinnt-zum-vierten-mal-die",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-26T03:45:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/wahlen-in-brasilien-lula-gewinnt-zum-vierten-mal-die-praesidentschaftswahl/100264825.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva achieved a spectacular victory in the presidential runoff against his right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro. After tallying nearly all the votes, Lula came out ahead with 51.75 percent to Bolsonaro's 48.25 percent. His lead amounted to over four million votes. In the first round, Lula had received more than two million fewer votes than Bolsonaro. In just three weeks, Lula transformed his deficit into a substantial advantage. Between the two rounds, he added 10.3 million votes, while his opponent gained only 3.7 million. Such a comeback had never happened in a Brazilian presidential election. Lula succeeded mainly by mobilizing people to the polls who had not voted for him in the first round. A digital campaign organized by left-leaning lawmaker André Janones reached ten million people via the WhatsApp group \"Exército de Lula\" in less than a month. This marked a surprising counter-offensive by the left on social media, which had largely been dominated by Flávio Bolsonaro and his supporters during the campaign.",
  "summary": "In a spectacular comeback, President Lula has defeated his right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro. The latter made it clear on election evening that he does not recognize his defeat.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}