Lula Defeats Bolsonaro to Become Brazil’s President: Election Authority

(Left) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, arrives to cast his vote at Vila Militar district in Rio de Janeiro on Oct. 30, 2022. (Right) Presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva casts his vote at Escola Estadual Firmino Correia De Araújo in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, on Oct. 30, 2022. Wagner Meier, Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images

Brazil’s former leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is set to return to power after defeating incumbent conservative Jair Bolsonaro in a tight runoff election on Oct. 30.

With more than 99 percent of the vote counted, da Silva received 50.9 percent of the vote, while Bolsonaro had 49.1 percent. The Supreme Electoral Court said this was enough to “mathematically define” the outcome.