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Lula wins fourth term as Bolsonaro challenges Brazil election result

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 20 41 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 25 Oct 18:18 UTC · Brazil votes in tight presidential runoff between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro 26 Oct 00:11 UTC · Brazil counts runoff votes after last-minute polling extension 26 Oct 06:12 UTC · Lula wins fourth term as Flávio Bolsonaro challenges Brazil vote 27 Oct 00:16 UTC · Lula wins fourth term as Flávio Bolsonaro challenges Brazil election result 27 Oct 06:14 UTC · Lula wins fourth term as Bolsonaro challenges Brazil election result

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 5 HEADLINES

  1. 25 Oct, 18:18 UTC

    Brazil votes in tight presidential runoff between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro

  2. 26 Oct, 00:11 UTC

    Brazil counts runoff votes after last-minute polling extension

  3. 26 Oct, 06:12 UTC

    Lula wins fourth term as Flávio Bolsonaro challenges Brazil vote

  4. 27 Oct, 00:16 UTC

    Lula wins fourth term as Flávio Bolsonaro challenges Brazil election result

  5. 27 Oct, 06:14 UTC

    Lula wins fourth term as Bolsonaro challenges Brazil election result

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • 50% votes cast · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Jair Bolsonaro · from 24 Oct 06:00, 6 outlets
  • Latin America · from 25 Oct 20:25, 4 outlets
  • Cristiano Zanin · from 25 Oct 21:18, 4 outlets
  • Flavio Bolsonaro · from 24 Oct 13:58, 3 outlets
  • Sao Paulo · from 24 Oct 13:58, 2 outlets
  • Donald Trump · from 25 Oct 20:25, 2 outlets
  • But Lula · from 25 Oct 22:11, 2 outlets
  • 51% vote · from 26 Oct 00:35, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • votes cast: 50% (2 from 19 Oct 00:00) → 47% (1 from 24 Oct 13:58) → 80% (1 from 25 Oct 20:25)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.