Former president Lula da Silva makes comeback as Jair Bolsonaro loses Brazil election | ITV News

Brazil’s electoral authority says that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the leftist Worker’s Party defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to become the country’s next president.

With 98.8% of the votes tallied, da Silva had 50.8% and Bolsonaro 49.2%, and the election authority said da Silva’s victory was a mathematical certainty.