Huge crowds gather as Lula da Silva wins election over Bolsonaro in Brazil

BRAZILIAN President Jair Bolsonaro has lost his knife-edge re-election fight as his bitter rival stormed back into power tonight.

Lula da Silva - who previously served as Brazil's President from 2003 to 2010 - edged out the incumbent by less than 2 per cent to complete a historic comeback just a year after he was released from prison.