Lula stages astonishing comeback to beat far-right Bolsonaro in Brazil election

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the former leftist president, has reclaimed the leadership and vowed to reunify his country

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Brazil's former leftist president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has sealed an astonishing political comeback, beating the far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in one of the most significant and bruising elections in the country's history.

With 99.97% of votes counted, Silva, a former factory worker who became Brazil's first working-class president exactly 20 years ago, had secured 50.9% of the vote. Bolsonaro, a firebrand who was elected in 2018, received 49.10%.