{"id":72679,"date":"2022-11-04T09:44:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T12:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=72679"},"modified":"2022-11-14T10:40:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T13:40:37","slug":"lula-elected-president-in-historic-win-including-critical-rio-de-janeiro-favelas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=72679","title":{"rendered":"Lula Elected President of Brazil in Historic Win Including Critical Rio de Janeiro Favelas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n

In Rio de Janeiro, Lula beat Bolsonaro in the electoral zones that include the favelas of Complexo do Alem\u00e3o, Penha, and Mar\u00e9, as well as City of God, Rio das Pedras and Gard\u00eania Azul.<\/h4>\n

In an election marked by cutthroat competition and a deep division in Brazilian society, Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva<\/a>, 77, leader of the Worker’s Party (PT), was elected president of Brazil for the third time on Sunday, October 30. With 60,345,999 votes<\/a>, he defeated President Jair Messias Bolsonaro<\/a>, 67, from the Liberal Party (PL), who received 58,206,354 votes. With over 60 million votes, Lula received more votes in this election than anyone in Brazilian history<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lula’s win in the 2022 elections<\/a> runoff was the narrowest margin since the country’s re-democratization following<\/a> military rule. The difference between candidates was just 2,139,645 votes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shortly after his victory was confirmed, Lula gave his first speech<\/a> as president-elect in S\u00e3o Paulo. He promised to govern \u201cfor all 215 million Brazilians\u201d and insisted on the importance of unity so that \u201cwe can once again beat hunger and build a truly democratic country.”<\/p>\n

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Lula makes his first speech as president-elect. Photo: Workers’ Party (PT)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis is how I understand democracy: it’s not just a pretty word written in the law. It’s something palpable: something we feel in our flesh and build every day. It was this democracy, in the broad sense of the word, that the Brazilian people chose today at the ballot box. This is the democracy\u2014real, concrete\u2014that we were committed to throughout our campaign.\u201d \u2014 President-Elect Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva
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He also promised to resume with people’s conferences so that the population can tell government leaders what they wish for and want as public policies for social welfare.<\/p>\n

In the state of Rio de Janeiro, the Workers’ Party candidate\u2014who was elected by a coalition of 15 parties known as the Broad Front for Democracy\u2014was defeated by Bolsonaro, who won in 72 municipalities<\/a>. In the state capital, the city of Rio de Janeiro, the final count went to Bolsonaro with 52.66% of the vote while Lula received 47.34%.<\/p>\n

However, in electoral zones 21, 161 and 162, which encompass the group of favelas that make up Complexo do Alem\u00e3o<\/a> and Complexo da Penha<\/a>, and the neighborhoods of Olaria<\/a>,\u00a0Ramos<\/a>,\u00a0Bonsucesso<\/a> and surrounding areas which include the favelas of Mar\u00e9<\/a>, Lula won with 118,650 votes according to Superior Electoral Court (TSE) data published in the newspaper Estad\u00e3o<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Twitter, newspaper Voz das Comunidades<\/em>,\u00a0published images of residents celebrating Lula’s victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Com bandeiras, bon\u00e9s e camisas, moradores do CPX Alem\u00e3o celebram o resultado final da corrida eleitoral. O candidato do Partido dos Trabalhadores teve o maior n\u00famero de votos na comunidade.
\n🖊: @FalaAndrade<\/a>
\n📸: @SelmaSouzaPhoto<\/a>#LulaPresidente2022<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/8HWB7kSf30<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Voz das Comunidades – CRIA DO CPX (@vozdacomunidade) October 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n