Pakistan, Oct. 26 -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won reelection on Sunday following a tense presidential runoff contest. The electoral court confirmed that Lula secured 51.8 percent of the total vote after complete ballot counting. Consequently, the veteran leader defeated conservative challenger Flavio Bolsonaro by nearly 4.4 million votes. Thousands of Lula supporters gathered across major cities to celebrate the historic electoral victory. However, Bolsonaro quickly refused to concede defeat and demanded that authorities annul the final voting results.

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