President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s Oct. 25 runoff, while Serbia’s preliminary parliamentary count showed a student list ahead of an alliance led by former President Aleksandar Vučić.
Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) reported that Lula received 64,256,232 votes, or 51.79% of valid ballots. Presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro received 59,826,041 votes, or 48.21%. The TSE said it had tallied all electronic ballot boxes.
U.S. President Donald Trump praised Flávio Bolsonaro in a June 2 Truth Social post after meeting him at the White House, calling him “a smart young man.” The Associated Press said Trump’s public praise fell short of a strong endorsement during the runoff. On Oct. 26, Trump said the election “looked like another rigged election.” The Associated Press and Reuters reported that he offered no evidence for the allegation.
Figures published Oct. 26 by Serbia’s Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) showed the “Student List – Students Win” with 2,267,615 votes, or 52.71%, and 140 seats. The “Aleksandar Vučić – United Serbia” list received 1,685,022 votes, or 39.17%, and 104 seats. The count covered 97.56% of polling stations processed.
RIK scheduled repeat voting for Nov. 1 at 53 polling stations: results could not be determined at 31, while voting was annulled at 22. The contest was for parliament, not the presidency. Serbia’s official presidential site says Vučić resigned on Sept. 27.
Serbia’s Foreign Ministry said in June 2025 that the ties between Vučić and Trump were a significant factor in relations between the two countries. In Israel, the Associated Press reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc had 53 of 120 Knesset seats. The Central Elections Committee’s results portal said final results were due by Nov. 4.
