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A infografia mostra os resultados da segunda volta das eleições presidenciais no Brasilç.
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Resultado das eleições no BrasilBrazil election result

By Duncan Mil

October 31, 2022 - Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva derrotou por estreita margem o Presidente Jair Bolsonaro, assinalando um regresso inesperado do antigo presidente. Os resultados oficiais mostram que Lula obteve 50,9% dos votos contra os 49,1% de Bolsonaro, com 99,9% dos votos contados.

The presidential runoff between incumbent Bolsonaro, 67, and former President Luiz da Silva, 77, became the most crucial election since the country’s dictatorship collapsed in 1985.

“Today, the only winner is the Brazilian people,” da Silva said in a speech. “This isn’t a victory of mine or the Workers’ Party, nor the parties that supported me in campaign. It’s the victory of a democratic movement that formed above political parties, personal interests and ideologies so that democracy came out victorious.”

Bolsonaro’s administration has faced controversy in Brazil and abroad: his widely criticized handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, his policies on deforestation in the Amazon and his attacks on the country’s electoral system -- alleging he could only lose by voter fraud.

Just over 2 million votes separated the two candidates; the previous closest race, in 2014, was decided by a margin of roughly 3.5 million votes.

In April, da Silva picked centre-right Geraldo Alckmin, a former rival, as his running mate. Da Silva’s inauguration will take place on January 1.

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PUBLISHED: 31/10/2022; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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