Rio de Janeiro’s favelas erupted with celebratory gunfire after left-wing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a historic fourth term in a shock result that defied polls.
Lula won 51.7 per cent of the vote, compared to 48.2 per cent for challenger Senator Flavio Bolsonaro.
Lula remains a revered figure on the region’s left, having governed Brazil from 2003 to 2010, when leftist leaders held power across much of Latin America.
Lula’s supporters erupted in celebration, with swarms of Brazilians flooding streets draped in the country’s flag to mark his dramatic victory
In footage shared on social media, gunshots rang out as residents fired bullets into
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