Symbolic imageLula wins fourth term as Bolsonaro refuses to concede
Lula won Brazil's run-off on Sunday with 51.79% against 48.21% for Flávio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro refused to concede and says his lawyers will seek annulment.
According to the Guardian, Lula received 4.4m more votes than Bolsonaro with all ballots counted. He is the first candidate since the return of democracy in the 1980s to win after finishing second in the first round, where Bolsonaro led 47% to 45% on 4 October. Abstention fell from a record 21.08% to 19.21%, which the Guardian says matters because it had hit Lula voters disproportionately. Lula called the result "a defeat for denialism".
Dispute over voting hours
Bolsonaro called Justice Cristiano Zanin's decision to extend voting by two hours to 7pm "unacceptable". FAZ says the extension followed transport shortages and storms, and the Guardian notes that Bolsonaro's own campaign had also asked the electoral court for more time.
Difficult term ahead
FAZ writes that the left is a minority in Congress and Lula must again negotiate with centre parties. The Jerusalem Post reports that Bolsonaro's Liberal Party and allies could hold over 280 lower-house seats.
Other opinions
The Jerusalem Post reports that the US State Department led a campaign to return the Bolsonaros to power, while the Financial Times calls the result a blow to Trump's plan for greater US influence in Latin America.