Former Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in an election that marked a stunning comeback for the leftist leader and the end of the country’s most right-wing government in decades.
Mr Lula had 50.8 per cent of votes compared with 49.2 per cent for Mr Bolsonaro with 99.1 per cent of voting machines counted, which the Supreme Electoral Court said was enough to “mathematically define” the outcome of the race.
