Flavio Bolsonaro calls for Brazil election result to be annulled

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Lula wins fourth term; Flavio Bolsonaro calls for the result to be annulled

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won Sunday's presidential runoff with 51.7% of the vote to Flavio Bolsonaro's 48.2%, according to official results. On Monday morning, Senator Bolsonaro called for the result to be annulled. The runoff followed a first round in which Bolsonaro finished ahead and neither candidate won an absolute majority.

• Lula clinched a fourth term in a tight runoff, with nearly 99% of votes counted in one report putting him on 51.75% to 48.25%.
• Flavio Bolsonaro has called for the election result to be annulled after the loss.
• Before the vote, polls showed the two about even, after Bolsonaro won the first round 47% to 45%.
• About 159 million Brazilians were eligible to vote, and about 21% of adults abstained in the first round.