Lula is convinced that he will win the second round of the Brazilian Presidency

MADRID, 3 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The candidate for the Presidency of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has shown this Sunday his conviction that he will win the second round of the country's presidential elections, after this Sunday he was the most voted candidate in the first round by a narrow margin against his main rival, Jair Bolsonaro.

"We are going to win in São Paulo and we are going to win in Brazil," Lula said, referring to Fernando Haddad (PT) in the second round against Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), according to a speech by the politician to his supporters picked up by the newspaper 'Folha de S.Paulo'.

Lula da Silva, leader of the Workers' Party (PT), has stated that the second round against Bolsonaro (Liberal Party) is only an extension. "I have 30 more days to campaign," she assured.

However, the also former president of the country, has regretted not having won the elections in the first round.

"All the polls put us in first place and I always thought we were going to win. And we are going to do it. This is just an extension," he posted in a message on the social network Twitter.

"Yesterday I said that in all elections I want to win in the first round, but it is not always possible. I am motivated by the belief that nothing happens by chance," he said.

In addition, the PT has shown its willingness to mature proposals and expand a range of alliances. Lula has also announced her desire to debate more with Bolsonaro.

"It will be the first opportunity to have a face-to-face debate with the current president, so that we can make comparisons between the Brazil that he built and the Brazil that we built," he added.

With 97.07 percent of the votes counted, Lula da Silva, leader of the Workers' Party, emerged as the winner of the first round, obtaining 47.88 percent of the ballots -- more than 54, 8 million votes--. The difference between the two main candidates is reduced to just over four percentage points, as indicated by the count of practically all the ballot boxes.

After the former president of the country had been behind Bolsonaro during half of the count, Lula has managed to overtake his rival. Despite this, both have remained close to the 50 percent necessary to avoid the second round.