Official Results in Brazil: Lula Wins With 51.8%, Bolsonaro Refuses to Concede

Official results in Brazil's runoff show Lula da Silva securing 51.8% of the vote against 48.2% for Flávio Bolsonaro, who reiterated his demand to annul the election.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Juan Manuel Santos at the Planalto Palace, 2010 · Photo: (Wilson Dias/ABr) · CC BY 3.0 br · Wikimedia Commons

With nearly all ballots counted in Brazil's runoff, official results show incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva winning 51.8% of the vote against 48.2% for his rival, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, newspapers Dawn and El País reported. According to the reports, the margin between the two candidates stands at around 4.4 million votes.

Meanwhile, Bolsonaro reiterated that he demands the annulment of the vote, stating that 'it is impossible to recognize the result,' El País and Maariv reported. Further details regarding any legal proceedings he intends to pursue have not yet been released.