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Lula re-elected in Brazil with 51.78%, Flávio Bolsonaro contests result

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Lula re-elected in Brazil with 51.78%, Flávio Bolsonaro contests resultPalácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil · CC BY 2.0

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected president of Brazil with 51.78% of the vote, against 48.21% for Flávio Bolsonaro. The conservative candidate refused to recognise the result, denouncing a “fix”, according to AFP, while Lula praised the democratic mobilisation of his voters.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected president of Brazil on Sunday 25 October with 51.78% of the vote, against 48.21% for senator Flávio Bolsonaro, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports. The conservative candidate contested the results and said it was “impossible for him to recognise the election”.

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