Lula wins re-election in a historic turn Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) defeated Flavio Bolsonaro (PL) and was re-elected president of the Republic this Sunday (25). After finishing the first round in second place, Lula overturned the deficit and won his fourth presidential term. The result crowns a campaign marked by popular mobilization and extends the historic trajectory of Lula, the first Brazilian elected four times to the presidency of the republic.