Lula Da Silva triumphs in Brazil's presidential elections with 51.75% of the votes

Published at: 25/10/2026 09:23 PM

The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, leader of the Workers' Party (PT), won the second round of elections this Sunday with 51.75% of the votes, compared to 48.25% of the ultra-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, according to the official results of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal with 97.69% of the ballots counted.

In the first round, Flávio was the most voted with 47% of the support, two points more than the progressive leader, which resulted in a difference of 2.2 million votes, according to the international press.

With these results, Lula managed to reverse the scene left by the first round, held on October 4, in this second round. On that occasion, the president, backed by the Workers' Party (PT), won 45.16% of the votes (53,879,538), lagging behind the candidate of the Liberal Party (PL), who won 47.03% of the votes (56,104,503)

Mazo News Team