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Article: Lula da Silva wins Brazil presidency, returns indicate.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- October 27, 2002
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil _ Voters in Latin America's largest democracy moved Brazil sharply to the left Sunday by electing as their president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a former union leader.
With more than 77 percent of the vote counted, Brazil's Supreme Election Tribunal reported that da Silva was winning 61.34 percent of the valid vote to 38.66 percent for Jose Serra, the ruling party candidate.
As returns came in, da Silva's Workers' Party supporters poured gleefully into the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and across Brazil. In street parties rivaling Carnaval, they danced, lit off fireworks and waved large red flags that are the leftist party's ...