Lula wins fourth term in dramatic Brazil election comeback
0 / 46
English
中文
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won a fourth term in office in a dramatic comeback over his right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro.
（暂无翻译）
Left-wing leader Lula took 51.79% of votes, becoming the first president since Brazil's return to civilian rule in 1985 to be elected after losing the first round of voting.
（暂无翻译）
Lula told jubilant crowds his victory was a "loss for negativity, lies", adding "long live democracy".
（暂无翻译）
Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of convicted former president Jair Bolsonaro, has so far refused to recognise the result and called for it to be annulled. World leaders have congratulated Lula on his re-election.
（暂无翻译） （暂无翻译）
Bolsonaro's rejection comes as no surprise to observers. His father did the same.
（暂无翻译） （暂无翻译）
But a challenge appears unlikely to succeed.
（暂无翻译）
Firstly, it seems to centre on the unprecedented decision by the Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin to extend voting nationwide by two hours. Some Bolsonaro fans are pointing out that Zanin was once Lula's lawyer and alleging bias.
（暂无翻译） （暂无翻译）
But both teams had requested an extension to voting times - Lula's had argued that voters in São Paulo and Bahia could not get to the polling stations because of a lack of buses, while Bolsonaro's campaign cited heavy rain in some areas in the south of the country and in São Paulo as their reason.
（暂无翻译）
Both knew every vote would count and did not want their side to miss out.
（暂无翻译）
The president of the Supreme Electoral Court Kássio Nunes Marques – appointed by Jair Bolsonaro – confirmed Lula's victory and said that the voter extension did not change the outcome of the race.
（暂无翻译）
The sheer gap between the two candidates' tallies - 4.4 million votes - makes the result more difficult to challenge.
（暂无翻译）
Lula is making history as the first Brazilian to be elected four times The result came as a surprise after Flávio Bolsonaro won the first round on 4 October with 47% of votes ahead of Lula's 45%.
（暂无翻译）
The right-wing candidate had been poised to give a victory speech and said the result should be annulled, calling it "inexplicable".
（暂无翻译）
But Lula's camp gained momentum ahead of election day, focusing on boosting voter turnout after 33 million people did not vote in round one.
（暂无翻译）
Sunday saw the largest drop in abstention between the two rounds of a presidential election since 1989.
（暂无翻译）
As disconsolate Bolsonaro supporters left the house in Brasília where their candidate had been watching the result, Lula took to the streets in São Paulo to celebrate and address his supporters.
（暂无翻译）
"This, my fourth term, will be the best of any president in the history of this country," the former metal worker said.
（暂无翻译）
"It will be the one in which I listen most to the Brazilian people." Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin told him: "You, for the second time, have saved Brazilian democracy."
（暂无翻译） （暂无翻译）
After pulling off this victory, Lula faces big hurdles: a divided country, an opponent that won't recognise the result, and a hostile Congress packed full of Bolsonaro allies.
（暂无翻译）
Markets reacted negatively to the unexpected outcome.
（暂无翻译）
The Sao Paolo stock exchange opened 15% down, sparking a brief suspension before recovering slightly. Interest rate futures rose as investors scrutinised Lula's fiscal plans. Lula wins in Brazil but faces hostile Congress and divided country How 'Lula's Army' WhatsApp chat helped turn Brazil election around Who is Lula?
（暂无翻译） （暂无翻译） （暂无翻译）
From ex-worker and prisoner to Brazil's president again Reacting to the result, US President Donald Trump suggested the election had been "rigged".
（暂无翻译）
"I didn't take sides, but it looked like another rigged election," he told reporters on Monday, without providing evidence or more details.
（暂无翻译）
"It looked very bad to me." Other world leaders from across the political spectrum have congratulated Lula.
（暂无翻译） （暂无翻译）
Mexico's left-wing President Claudia Sheinbaum said in a post on X: "The people of Brazil won."
（暂无翻译）
Peru's right-wing President Keiko Fujimori praised Brazil's "democratic day". Similar messages were shared by the presidents of Chile and Ecuador.
（暂无翻译） （暂无翻译）
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney noted that their two countries had already "flourished under our partnership". European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said "democracy and multilateralism" had won.
（暂无翻译） （暂无翻译）
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez - also a left-wing leader - called it a "great victory". French President Emmanuel Macron said the two nations should work "in service of a more just world".
（暂无翻译） （暂无翻译）
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called Lula's victory one for the "global south and progressive forces throughout the world".
（暂无翻译）
Flávio Bolsonaro has refused to accept the result, calling for it to be annulled Lula, who turns 81 on Tuesday, has already been president for three non-consecutive terms, serving two terms between January 2003 to December 2010, and again from January 2023. His win makes him the first in Brazilian history to secure a fourth term, which will last until 2030.
（暂无翻译） （暂无翻译）
But this has been a bitterly fought campaign and the new term - set to start on 5 January - comes amid significant constraints at home and abroad, including animosity from the US president.
（暂无翻译）
Referring to what Trump has called the "Donroe Doctrine" - which seeks to establish US dominance in the Western Hemisphere - Lula used his victory speech to insist that Brazil "will not accept being anyone's backyard".
（暂无翻译）
Trump has previously shown support for Bolsonaro's father Jair, who is currently serving a 27-year prison sentence after being convicted of a coup attempt after losing the 2022 elections to Lula.
（暂无翻译）
Flávio Bolsonaro met Trump at the White House earlier this year to bid for his support.
（暂无翻译）
Lula has also bucked a wider trend in Latin America, where voters in countries such as Argentina, Chile and Colombia have put right-wing candidates and parties in power.
（暂无翻译）
仅供学习使用，如有侵权请联系删除 · 查看原文