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BRASÍLIA, Brazil,- Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva, better known as Lula, a left-leaning former president of Brazil, won tonight's closely contested presidential election by a margin of just 2%. Bolsonaro maintained a slim 0.5% lead with 50% of precincts reporting, but Lula's support gradually increased throughout the evening as votes came in from the northeast. When 72% of precincts had reported just before 7 o'clock, Lula gained the lead for the first time that evening and kept doing so. With Lula winning the first round by 5 points, 48% to 43%, and coming close to winning outright on October 2, it was also going to be challenging for Bolsonaro in the second round. Additionally, Bolsonaro had it tough because Lula received support from the third-place Simone Tibet and the fourth-place Cairo Gomes in the second round. Bolsonaro performed well in the more affluent south of the nation, winning São Paulo and his home city of Rio de Janeiro by margins of over 10%, but it was insufficient to make up for Lula's significant turnout in the Northeast of Brazil, where the Worker's Party has long held sway. Lula won many states with margins of 30%, 40%, or even 50%, performing especially well in the states with the highest voter turnout, such as Bahia, Ceará, and his home state of Pernambuco. Despite winning Minas Gerais by a slim margin and with the support of Governor Rome Zeta, Bolsonaro fell short of the required 50% of the vote. For the Bolsonaro camp, it wasn't all bad news, though. Fernando Haddad, the Worker's Party candidate and Bolsonaro's rival for the 2018 presidential election, was soundly defeated by Tarcisio de Freitas in the second-most significant race in the nation for governor of São Paulo. Rome Zeta in Minas Gerais, Claudio Castro in Rio de Janeiro, and Tarcisio de Freitas in So Paulo will now be in charge of the country's three largest states, which are all supported by Bolsonaro. Despite his defeat, the Bolsonaro movement is still active, and the 156 million Brazilian voters will continue to be sharply divided along cultural and political lines. After casting his ballot at his hometown of São Bernardo do Camp in the state of São Paulo's southern region, Lula traveled to the city's iconic Agenda Bautista, frequently referred to as Brazil's "main drag," for a press conference. Bolsonaro voted in Vila Military in his home state of Rio de Janeiro, saying he had "the expectation of victory, for the good of Brazil...if it is God's will, we will be victorious tonight. Lula declared, "Today may be the most important day of my life...the people of Brazil are defining the model that they desire to have...the way of life they want. Bolsonaro sang a different tune on Friday: "Whoever has the most votes takes it. Critics have claimed that he would not accept the election results if he lost. In Vila Planalto, Brasília, a predominantly Bolsonaro-supporting middle-class neighborhood close to the Palacios DA Alvarado, where Bolsonaro is known to stroll, groups of family and friends had gathered to view the results. The majority were wearing Brazil's yellow soccer jerseys. They nursed the discouraging news over large bottles of Brazilian beer, served in typical style in tiny glasses. One voter said, "In my family we are divided. My daughter called to urge me to support Lula, but I argued that in Brazil, voting is secret. "Lula's supporters gathered in a square across town from the recognizable TV tower, many of them wearing red, to celebrate the results. The majority of polls placed Lula with a modest lead, but the race seemed to have tightened in the final week of the campaign. Additionally, polls conducted during the first round of voting on October 2 showed a bias in favor of Lula and a vast undercount of Bolsonaro's support. Given the sizeable group of Bolsonaro-aligned federal deputies and senators, Lula will probably have a challenging period in office. One of the greatest comeback tales in Latin American history can be seen in his election tonight. "Lula's supporters gathered in a square across town from the recognizable TV tower, many of them wearing red, to celebrate the results. The majority of polls placed Lula with a modest lead, but the race seemed to have tightened in the final week of the campaign. Additionally, polls conducted during the first round of voting on October 2 showed a bias in favor of Lula and a vast undercount of Bolsonaro's support. Given the sizeable group of Bolsonaro-aligned federal deputies and senators, Lula will probably have a challenging period in office. One of the greatest comeback tales in Latin American history can be seen in his election tonight. Due to a technicality, Lula's conviction and imprisonment on accusations of corruption and money laundering were eventually reversed by Brazil's Supreme Court, allowing him to run for an unprecedented third term. Geraldo Albumin, a business-friendly centrist and a former governor of São Paulo, was chosen by Lula as his running companion for the vice presidency. In 2018, Fernando Haddad, a candidate for the Worker's Party, chose the highly panned Rio Grande do Sul federal legislator Manuela D'Avila from the Brazilian Communist Party. Bolsonaro ultimately defeated Haddad in the 2018 election, winning by 10%.