00:02Brazil's president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pulled off a dramatic comeback on Sunday as he
00:08clinched a re-election victory over opponent Flávio Bolsonaro. According to official results,
00:14he won 51.8% of the votes to 48.2% for Bolsonaro, with Lula pulling around 4.4
00:21million more votes.
00:48The 81-year-old leftist defied projections to win an unprecedented fourth term, staving off a conservative wave that has
00:56seen numerous South American countries shift right,
00:59backed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Bolsonaro quickly refused to concede defeat and asked for the election results to
01:07be annulled
01:08after an evening of chaos at some polling places that followed a last-minute decision to extend voting by two
01:13hours.
01:32Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year jail term
01:39for attempting a coup after his loss to Lula in the country's last election in 2022.
01:46After a first-round defeat, the left swung into action with massive rallies, declaring never-again Bolsonaro and revamped their
01:53social media strategy.
01:56No candidate who lost the first round has gone on to win the second in Brazil since 1989, the first
02:02direct election after the end of the country's military dictatorship.
