How did Lula beat Bolsonaro after losing Brazil’s first-round election?

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a fourth term in a presidential run-off on Sunday, defeating far-right Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, after trailing him in the October 4 first round by about 2.2 million votes. Al Jazeera reported Lula won 51.79 percent of valid votes (64.26 million) to Bolsonaro's 48.21 percent (59.83 million), with turnout at 80.8 percent. Analysts cited a revitalised grassroots and digital campaign, youth mobilisation, higher turnout and Bolsonaro's overconfidence. Bolsonaro refused to concede and called for the result to be annulled after Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin extended voting by two hours, a request both campaigns had made. Experts said his legal challenge was weak. France 24 and the South China Morning Post reported the comeback, which the SCMP said was the first run-off win by a candidate trailing after the first round since 1989. Lula said the election required defeating outside interference through digital platforms that must be regulated.

Where accounts differ. Al Jazeera says Bolsonaro refused to concede and called for the result to be annulled, an account France 24 and the South China Morning Post do not include; the SCMP alone describes Bolsonaro as rejecting the results.

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