Lula da Silva defeated Jair Bolsonaro and will be president of Brazil again
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva obtained the 50.86% of the votes, consummating his return to the presidency and after the second closest round in the country’s history, defeating the current president Jair Bolsonaro.
With this result, Bolsonaro became the first Brazilian president not to be re-elected.
For his part, Lula da Silva will have his third stage in power after his two terms above, at 2003-2010.
After confirming the victory, the leader of the Workers’ Party (PT) used his social networks to publish the word “Democracy”, next to a photo showing his hand and the Brazilian flag.