Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff won a hotly contested runoff election on Sunday.
With more than 99% of votes counted, the incumbent Rousseff had 51.59% of the vote, according to official results. Opposition candidate Aecio Neves garnered 48.41%.
Neves said he called to congratulate Rousseff, who thanked voters on Twitter late Sunday for their support.
The election was one of the tightest competitions in recent years.
Before becoming the country's first female president in 2011, Rousseff, from the Workers' Party, was chief of staff to former President Lula da Silva.
She claims that under the presidencies of her predecessor and herself, masses of Brazilians have risen out of poverty.
Rousseff, 66, presided over the soccer World Cup in Brazil. She took a lot of political flack over how public money was spent.
Per CNN
With more than 99% of votes counted, the incumbent Rousseff had 51.59% of the vote, according to official results. Opposition candidate Aecio Neves garnered 48.41%.
Neves said he called to congratulate Rousseff, who thanked voters on Twitter late Sunday for their support.
The election was one of the tightest competitions in recent years.
Before becoming the country's first female president in 2011, Rousseff, from the Workers' Party, was chief of staff to former President Lula da Silva.
She claims that under the presidencies of her predecessor and herself, masses of Brazilians have risen out of poverty.
Rousseff, 66, presided over the soccer World Cup in Brazil. She took a lot of political flack over how public money was spent.
Per CNN
