Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won Brazil's October 25 presidential runoff after trailing in the first round, securing a fourth nonconsecutive term against Senator Flavio Bolsonaro.

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• Lula defeated Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in the October 25 runoff, taking 51.8 percent of valid votes to Bolsonaro's 48.2 percent, according to Brazil's Superior Electoral Court.
• The win gives Lula a fourth, nonconsecutive presidential term, an unprecedented outcome in Brazil's democratic era.
• Bolsonaro had finished first in the October 4 first round, with about 56.1 million votes to Lula's 53.9 million.
• No candidate since the return to direct elections in 1989 had previously won the runoff after losing the first round.
• Flavio Bolsonaro is the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for attempting a coup to stop Lula taking office in 2023.
• Lula's campaign focused on his legacy and on Brazilian sovereignty in the face of pressure from US President Donald Trump.
• Trump has imposed steep tariffs on Brazil and sanctioned officials, and Lula accused the United States of trying to meddle in the election.
• Brazil recently elected a center-right and right-leaning Congress, so Lula is expected to face a more opposition-leaning legislature.
• Lula turns 81 on October 27 and will be among the oldest sitting leaders in the Americas.
• Bolsonaro reportedly did not concede after the result was announced.