Lula wins Brazil's presidential election, Bolsonaro refuses to concede

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil's presidential election on October 25 with just over 51 percent of the vote against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, a margin of more than four million votes. It is Lula's fourth, non-consecutive term; he is due to be sworn in on January 5, 2027. Bolsonaro has refused to concede, saying he will seek to have the result annulled over the Supreme Court's decision to extend voting hours on election day, which he says "changed the rules of the game mid-game."

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