Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva don win Brazil presidential election for the second round, after e beat the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro with 51.79 per cent of the vote against 48.21 per cent. Official result wey dem release after dem count all the ballot paper show say the Partido de los Trabajadores candidate climb back from behind to win, one comeback wey never happen before for Brazil democratic history, and e go carry the Presidency for the fourth time.
Lula collect 64,256,232 votes, and with that e become the politician wey get the highest number of votes for Brazil history. Flávio Bolsonaro of the Partido Liberal finish with 59,826,041 votes.
The matter no end with the result. Flávio Bolsonaro come out from Brasilia to reject am, tell say na impossible to recognise the result, and e demand make dem cancel the election. Lula, for im own side, deliver im victory speech for Sao Paulo.
Inside that speech, Lula talk about the role wey social media and digital platforms play during the campaign. E accuse outside forces of interfering through the platforms and yarn say the country go need to set rules to control dem. Lula talk say: “We had to overcome outside interference through digital platforms. We go regulate dem.”
Lula still talk say the election record the lowest number of abstentions for Brazil history, and the lowest number of spoiled votes. E thank the elderly voters wey come out to vote, some of dem wey come with their grandchildren.
The overseas vote bin show different pattern before the main result land. For Japan, Flávio win all three electoral regions with 80.08 per cent, after e gather 28,538 votes while Lula get 7,098, according to the 119 ballot bulletins from Hamamatsu, Nagoya and Tokio. Altogether 37,616 Brazilians vote for Japan out of 88,299 wey register, wey mean 42.6 per cent turnout. But Lula win Australia, China and New Zealand, and once you remove the Japan vote, Lula dey ahead among the other countries wey dem count.
The first round on 4 October bin already show Japan dey lean towards Flávio, when e get 24,601 votes, wey be 71.59 per cent.
As the results dey come out on Sunday, the hashtag #EleccionesBrasil2026 trend for Nigeria, sign say plenty Nigerians dey follow the vote.
Before the result, the Brazil Supreme Court order make polling units stay open until 19:00 after both campaigns ask for am, while the TSE stop the release of results when dem only count 0.25 per cent. Flávio Bolsonaro cast im vote for Rio de Janeiro and talk say e dey push for “real change.”
