in a polarized presidential second roundthe leftist Lula da Silva obtained more than 60,000,000 votes at the polls, which represents 50.90%thus achieving victory in the elections.
His electoral contender, the far-right Jair Bolsonaro, obtained just over 58,100,000 votes, coming second with 49.10%so his intentions to be re-elected could not materialize.
In this way, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will occupy the presidency of Brazil for the third timeafter having governed the country of Rio de Janeiro between the years 2003 and 2010.
Minutes after confirming his victory, Lula used his Twitter account to publish a photograph with the flag of Brazil attached to the word “Democracy”.
Tweet by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after confirming his victory in the elections.
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Election day was very close.in view of both candidates were side by side throughout the count. Such is so, in the first results, Bolsonaro had a slight advantage above Lula da Silva, which was turning as the hours progressed.
In the first round held on October 2, the leader of the Workers’ Party (PT) had reached 48.4% of the votesbut how did not obtain more than half of the votes, had to be measured in a ballotage with the current head of state, who received 45.2%.
The difference between Lula and Bolsonaro is more than 1.8 million voteswhich represents little more than 1.74% in the final count, this for a total of 156 million voters.
The entrance Lula defeats Bolsonaro and will be the new president of Brazil was first published in diary TODAY.
