RIO DE JANEIRO, October 27 (RIA Novosti) - Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff was re-elected to a second term on Sunday, extending the rule of a center-left Workers’ party in Latin America’s biggest country.
With 99.2 percent of votes counted, Rouseff had 51.56 percent and her opponent, center- right Aecio Neves got 48.44 percent, according to the figures by the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil.
In the first round of the presidential election on October 5 Rousseff secured 41.6 percent of the vote while Neves received 33.6 percent.
Neves, who enjoyed strong support among Brazil’s middle class and the rich, has already conceded his defeat and congratulated Rousseff.
On Sunday night Rouseff addressed the nation, vowing to undertake measure to ensure the country's economic recovery and to continue combating corruption.
Experts believe that the results of Brazil's presidential elections will determine the political situation in the whole Latin America for years to come. Brazil's economy remains the largest of the Latin America nations as the country's GDP currently constitutes some 55 percent of the region's total.
