Brazil election: how Lula won the runoff, from São Paulo to the north-east

Bolsonaro gained support in deforested areas while municipalities with high Indigenous population voted overwhelmingly for Lula

A Guardian analysis shows how votes in big cities such as Sao Paulo and Fortaleza were key to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's tight victory in the second round of Brazil's presidential election.

The leftist president-elect, better known as Lula, came out on top with 50.9% of the vote, winning in 13 states in the north and north-east of the country. The rightwing incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, with 49.1% of the vote, won the remaining 14 in the centre and south, making for a much better election than anticipated by the polls.