The celebrations in Brazil for the victory of Lula – Video

After learning of the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the ballotage this Sunday, a crowd gathered on Paulista Avenue, in São Paulo, to celebrate the victory of the leader of the Workers’ Party (PT) in the most closely contested election in the history of the country.

His victory marks the first time since Brazil’s 1985 return to democracy that the sitting president has failed to win reelection. It was the country’s closest election in over three decades. Just over 2 million votes separated the two candidates with 99.5% of the vote counted. The previous closest race, in 2014, was decided by a margin of 3.46 million votes.