Brazil Court Declares Lula Winner as Bolsonaro Seeks Annulment

Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court declared President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva the winner of the October 25 runoff, while his rival Flávio Bolsonaro said he would not recognize the result and planned to seek its annulment over a two-hour voting extension. The court reported Lula received 64,256,232 votes, or 51.79% of valid ballots, and Bolsonaro received 59,826,041, or 48.21%. The reported totals established Lula’s victory after a closely contested race between the incumbent and the senator, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Supreme Federal Court Justice Cristiano Zanin ordered voting to continue for two additional hours at polling stations that were still open. Both campaigns had sought extra time: Lula’s coalition cited transport problems affecting voters, while Bolsonaro’s campaign cited heavy rain in parts of the south. The order came as polling stations were scheduled to close, and some had already shut down. Electoral Court president Kassio Nunes Marques said the extension did not change the result. He said thousands of voting machines had already been turned off when the order arrived and could not be reopened. His statement addressed the extension’s effect...