Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva clinched a fourth term in a tight election against the son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday.
The Leftist leader won 51.7 per cent of the vote, compared to 48.2 per cent for Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, official results showed.
But Mr Bolsonaro refused to accept defeat and said he would ask for the result to be annulled due to a Sunday ruling from a Supreme Court justice that extended voting for two hours.
Eighty-year-old Lula pulled off a dramatic turnaround after a shock second-place finish in the first round.
Mr Bolsonaro had finished first in
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