Brazil runoff live updates: Flávio Bolsonaro calls for election results to be ‘annulled’ after historic loss to Lula
Leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated the far-right senator and was elected president of Brazil for a fourth non-consecutive term
The local electoral court ordered the immediate restoration of 100% of the bus fleet and ordered the arrest of the municipal transport secretary, Pablo Souza, on suspicion of an electoral offence and disobeying court orders. The arrest warrant could not be carried out, however, because he is in Paris on what the city government described as an official mission", and is not expected to return to Brazil until Monday.
Late in the afternoon, Flavio Bolsonaro also filed requests for voting to be extended by two hours in cities in the states of Sao Paulo, Parana and Santa Catarina, but because of heavy rain that he said had prevented voters from turning out.
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