Leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential elections by a slim margin of less than two points on Sunday, a result which is yet to be accepted by the far-right leader who has previously made unproven allegations of electoral fraud.
With all votes counted, da Silva—widely known as Lula—secured 50.9% of the votes compared to Bolsonaro’s 49.1%, winning by a margin of around 2 million votes.
In his victory speech delivered in Sao Paulo, Lula called the result a “victory of a democratic movement,” as he vowed to govern for all Brazilians “not just for those who voted for me.”
Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly made unsubstantiated claims about election fraud and voting machine manipulation had not officially conceded defeat at the time of publishing.
According to Reuters, Bolsonaro is not expected to make any public remarks about results until Monday morning.
President Joe Biden joined several other world leaders to congratulate Lula for his victory following “free, fair, and credible elections” adding that he looked forward to building cooperation between the U.S. and Brazil.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2022/10/31/left-wing-leader-lula-narrowly-beats-bolsonaro-in-brazils-presidential-election/