Brazilian conservative Senator Flávio Bolsonaro on Sunday night affirmed that it is “impossible” for him to recognize the results of that day’s presidential runoff election which resulted in a narrow victory for incumbent socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
\n\nBolsonaro announced that his campaign team will formally request the annulment of the results on grounds that the “rules of the game were changed” during the election.
\n\nSunday’s highly-anticipated 2026 presidential runoff election in Brazil concluded with a narrow victory for Lula, the 80-year-old leader of the far-left Workers’ Party (PT), securing reelection for a fourth four-year term. According to the official finalized results published by the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE), Lula was reelected with 51.79 percent of the votes while Bolsonaro received 48.21 percent.
\n\nThe socialist president’s victory marks a rare development in Brazil’s presidential elections, given that he had lost against Bolsonaro in the October 4 first round. While the electoral event had reportedly occurred without any notable incidents throughout the day, a controversy immediately arose after Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Justice Cristiano Zanin issued an unprecedented ruling extending the voting times for an additional two hours, leading to some voting stations closing at 7:00 p.m. (local time)…
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