Lula, Bolsonaro strike calmer tone in final Brazil election debate

Rupavahini News reports that left-wing incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential runoff, winning a fourth term. Newsfirst (සිංහල) also reports Lula’s victory and says it was the first time since Brazil’s return to democracy in 1988 that a candidate who placed second in the first round went on to win the runoff.

Rupavahini News reports that Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court declared Lula the winner at about 9 p.m. local time on the 25th, with more than 51% of the vote and over 64 million votes. Newsfirst (සිංහල) gives Lula’s share as 51.75%.

Rupavahini News says Bolsonaro led the October 4 first round with 47.03%, or about 56.1 million votes, while Lula received 45.16%, or about 53.88 million. It reports that no candidate passed 50%, requiring a second round, and that votes were also divided among other candidates including Augusto Cury and Ronaldo Caiado.

Daily Mirror and WhatNews (සිංහල) report that Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake congratulated Lula in a post on X. Daily Mirror says Dissanayake presented the result as the public’s rejection of corruption, political division and misinformation, while Lankadeepa reports that he said voters could not be deceived by political dynasties or figures from the past. Newsfirst says he described the result as a democratic victory and a rejection of political deception.

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