Lula Defeats Bolsonaro in Dramatic Comeback to Win Fourth Term

Brazil’s leftist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won a fourth presidential term after defeating Bolsonaro in a dramatic runoff.

The result delivered an unexpected reversal for Bolsonaro’s campaign, overturning his advantage from the first round of voting.

Since the restoration of democracy in 1989, no candidate had won a second-round presidential contest after losing the opening round.

Lula’s victory breaks that electoral pattern, turning a first-round defeat into a return to the presidency and leaving Bolsonaro unable to convert his initial lead into victory.