CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Brazil’s electoral authority said that Luiz Incio Lula da Silva of the leftist Worker’s Party defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to become the country’s next president.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lula da Silva emerged as the Brazil’s new president on Sunday after he defeated incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro in a fierce voting which was a tight race between the two politicians.

Detailed explanation-3: -Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [luˈiz iˈnasju ˈlulɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ] ( listen); born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), also known as Lula da Silva or simply Lula, is a Brazilian politician who is the 39th and current president of Brazil.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lula won narrowly by less than 2 per cent votes more than Bolsonaro. Despite the narrow margin, the election is considered to be decisive as the two leaders presented vastly different vision for the country.

Detailed explanation-5: -As no candidate for president-or for governor in some states-received more than half of the valid votes in the first round, a runoff election for these offices was held on 30 October. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received the majority of the votes in the second round and became president-elect of Brazil.