巴西左翼总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·“卢拉”·达席尔瓦（来自工人党）在周日的决选中击败了保守的自由党参议员弗拉维奥·博索纳罗。
Brazil’s leftist President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva of the Workers’ Party defeated Senator Flávio Bolsonaro of the conservative Liberal Party in a runoff election Sunday.
在投票前，民意调查机构预测博索纳罗会占优势，但卢拉已经缩小了差距。
Going into the vote, pollsters gave Mr. Bolsonaro the edge but Lula had narrowed the gap.
统计99%的选票后，卢拉获得了52%的选票，而博索纳罗获得了48%。这对保守派来说是一个巨大的失望。
With 99% of the vote counted Lula had 52% to Mr. Bolsonaro’s 48%. This is a bitter disappointment for conservatives.
不过他们应该注意到，卢拉将于1月1日宣誓就职，而且巴西右翼势力已经有所增强。
But they’ll do well to note that Lula will take the oath of office Jan. 1 with the Brazilian right having gained ground.
博索纳罗在10月4日的第一轮选举中以47%的得票率领先卢拉（45.2%），令民意调查机构感到意外。
Mr. Bolsonaro surprised pollsters when he finished first in the first round on Oct. 4 with 47% of the vote against Lula’s 45.2%.
在较低级别的选举中，右翼势力表现更为出色：在54个参议院席位中，自由党赢得了19个；总共28个席位使他们在下届立法会议中成为上议院中最大的单一政党集团。
Down ballot the right did even better. In the Senate, the Liberals won 19 seats out of 54 contested. With a total of 28 seats they’ll go into the next legislative session with the largest single bloc in the 81-seat upper chamber.
在513个众议院席位中，博索纳罗的政党也将占据多数席位（121席）。
In the lower house Mr. Bolsonaro’s party will also have a plurality, with 121 seats out of 513.
在这个由十多个政党争夺权力的高度分裂的立法机构中，这些变化具有重要意义。
In the country’s highly fractured legislature, where well over a dozen political parties vie for power, these are notable developments.