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Lula da Silva wins Brazil’s presidential runoff election

26 October 2026 06:01 (UTC +04:00)

Leftist Workers’ Party leader Lula da Silva has won the second round of Brazil’s presidential election, APA reports.

According to official statistics released by the Electoral Commission, Lula da Silva secured 51.74% of the vote, while his rival, right-wing opposition candidate Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, received 48.26%.

Based on the current results, Bolsonaro has mathematically lost any chance of closing the gap with his rival.

Lula da Silva has become the first politician in Brazil’s modern history to win the second round of a presidential election despite trailing in the first round.

The president-elect is expected to take office on January 1, 2027.

Voter turnout in the second round reached 80.79%, with 127,807,732 citizens participating in the vote.

A total of 30,381,854 voters, representing 19.21% of the electorate, did not participate.

The number of blank ballots stood at 1,426,055 (1.12%), while 2,713,225 votes (2.12%) were declared invalid.