‘There are not two Brazils’: Lula pledges to govern a reunified country

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed Sunday to govern a reunified Brazil after beating far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a tight runoff on Sunday for the presidency.

With 99.99% of the ballots counted, Lula garnered 50.9%, receiving 60,345,421 votes, according to data from the Supreme Electoral Court. Bolsonaro received 49.1% or 57,976,538 votes.

Following what some have called the country’s most important polls since its return to democracy, Lula addressed his supporters in Sao Paulo, calling for unity as he pledged to fight hunger and tough action against deforestation in the Amazon.