President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is scheduled to face Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential runoff on Sunday, Oct. 25.

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is set to face Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro on Oct. 25.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is scheduled to face Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential runoff on Sunday, Oct. 25.
He said he would challenge the runoff result over extended voting hours. Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court declared Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva the winner with 51.79% of valid ballots.
Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court declared Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva the winner by 4.43 million votes. A limited integrity test found no discrepancies in 389 checked ballots.
The Superior Electoral Court gave Lula 51.79% of valid votes. Five political figures congratulated him on election night, while Colombia’s president recognized the result the next morning.