巴西左翼总统、工人党的路易斯·伊纳西奥·“卢拉”·达席尔瓦在周日的决选中击败了保守派自由党的参议员弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗。投票前民调显示博尔索纳罗占优，但卢拉已缩小差距。随着99%的选票统计完毕，卢拉获得52%的得票率，博尔索纳罗得48%。
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. Going into the vote, pollsters gave Mr. Bolsonaro the edge but Lula had narrowed the gap. With 99% of the vote counted Lula had 52% to Mr. Bolsonaro’s 48%.
这对保守派是一个苦涩的失望。但他们最好注意到，卢拉将于1月5日宣誓就职，而巴西右翼已取得进展。博尔索纳罗在10月4日的首轮投票中以47%的得票率意外领先卢拉的45.2%，令民调机构大跌眼镜。在下议院选举中，右翼表现更佳。在参议院，自由党赢得了54个改选席位中的19席。加上既有席位，他们将以共28席的规模进入下一届立法会期，成为81席参议院中最大单一集团。
This is a bitter disappointment for conservatives. But they’ll do well to note that Lula will take the oath of office Jan. 5 with the Brazilian right having gained ground. 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%. 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.
在众议院，博尔索纳罗的政党也将拥有相对多数，占513席中的121席。在巴西这个高度分裂的立法机构中，十多个政党争夺权力，这些都是值得注意的发展。
In the lower house Mr. Bolsonaro’s party will also have a plurality, with 121 seats out of 513. In the country’s highly fractured legislature, where well over a dozen political parties vie for power, these are notable developments.