Brazil election: Bolsonaro yet to concede after Lula's win

More than 17 hours aft Brazil's electoral main declared Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva the victor of the statesmanlike election, defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has yet to concede.

The far-right president is said to person gone to slumber aft helium narrowly mislaid to his left-wing arch rival.

His soundlessness is raising interest that helium whitethorn not judge the result.

He has successful the past formed unfounded doubts connected the voting system.

Combative statements from Mr Bolsonaro successful the past - specified arsenic that "only God" could region him from bureau - mean determination is simply a tense hold for him to look successful public.

Brazil's Superior Electoral Court announced that Lula had won the run-off of the statesmanlike predetermination conscionable minutes earlier 20:00 section clip (23:00 GMT) connected Sunday.

With each the votes counted, Lula had 50.9% of the valid votes against Mr Bolsonaro's 49.1%.

In his triumph speech, Lula touched connected the governmental rift moving done Brazil which further deepened during a bitterly fought and often acrimonious predetermination campaign.

"This state needs bid and unity. This colonisation doesn't privation to combat anymore," helium said, promising to govern for each Brazilians and not conscionable for those who had voted for him.

Congratulations person poured successful from crossed the world, including from the leaders of Britain, China, France, India and Russia. US President Biden said the triumph came "following free, just and credible elections".

But adjacent though it is accepted for the losing campaigner to telephone the winner, and to marque a connection acknowledging their defeat, Mr Bolsonaro has truthful acold remained silent.

People adjacent to the president said that aft the effect helium had "gone to sleep" astatine the statesmanlike palace successful the capital, Brasilia.

In the morning, a statesmanlike advisor and Mr Bolsonaro's vice-presidential moving mate were seen arriving astatine the palace, but it is not wide if helium met them and what was said.

Later, Mr Bolsonaro was seen leaving the palace and travelling to the gathering wherever his authoritative bureau is located.

Brazilian media are reporting that everything has been acceptable up for a statesmanlike quality league but that nary 1 knows if 1 volition beryllium held successful the adjacent hours.

Meanwhile, adjacent allies of Mr Bolsonaro person acknowledged Lula's predetermination win, among them the almighty person of the little location of Congress, Arthur Lira, and Tarcísio de Freitas, who is the caller politician of São Paulo state.

The beardown backing Lula has received some astatine location and overseas truthful rapidly aft his triumph volition marque it much hard for Mr Bolsonaro to contention the result, analysts say.

However, an uncooperative outgoing president could marque the two-month modulation play until Lula is owed to beryllium sworn successful connected 1 January 2023 a batch bumpier.

Some disruption has already been caused by lorry drivers loyal to Mr Bolsonaro, who person blocked roads successful astatine slightest 13 states.

A fig of the roadblocks person reportedly been cleared but the remaining ones are causing sizeable disruption connected large roads.

Lula has not talked astir his defeated rival since his triumph code and has alternatively held a gathering with the Argentine president.

His enactment says helium volition talk to US President Biden connected the telephone aboriginal today.