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While Lula's supporters are ecstatic about his victory, the result shows that the country remains deeply divided, with more than 48% of voters choosing Bolsonaro.
In addition to the challenge of uniting such a deeply polarised country, Lula will have to govern alongside the most right-wing Congress in Brazil's democratic era.
Bolsonaro's Liberal Party (PL) was the party that made the biggest gains in the election.
And yet, Lula's Workers' Party managed to organise huge rallies ahead of the run-off, showing the strong grassroots support it commands.
Before the election, Lula had described the poll as "a parting of the waters for Brazil".
He promised to bridge the gap between Brazil's opposing political poles with "a new way of governing", adding in a WhatsApp livestream before the election that "this country will never be the same again".
While he provided little detail as to what the new way of governing would entail, he insisted he would "remain firm in the fight for a more just country, with opportunities for all and policies directed at the needs of the population".
With a largely hostile Congress, this fight just may prove much harder for the veteran leader - who will be 85 by the end of his fourth term - than in his three previous terms in office.