Student List wins a parliamentary majority in Serbia after two years of anti-corruption protests.

Student List wins a parliamentary majority in Serbia after two years of anti-corruption protests.

Lula overturns his first-round deficit to defeat Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil's presidential runoff.

Lula overturns his first-round deficit to defeat Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil's presidential runoff.

Both results fuel debate over entrenched political power, foreign influence and the future of the global left.

Both results fuel debate over entrenched political power, foreign influence and the future of the global left.

In both Serbia, where the Student List staged an upset victory, ending Aleksandar Vučić's 12-year dominance of Serbian politics, and Brazil, where Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defied predictions after trailing in the first round, electoral victories were won against the tide of mainstream media, corporate power and influential countries seen as backing the establishment.

The Student List, a political movement that emerged from the two-year anti-corruption protests led by students, won 52.65 per cent of the vote and is projected to secure 139 of the 250 parliamentary seats.

The Student List, a political movement that emerged from the two-year anti-corruption protests led by students, won 52.65 per cent of the vote and is projected to secure 139 of the 250 parliamentary seats.

In Brazil, a runoff was held after neither presidential candidate secured more than 50 per cent of valid votes in the first round. Flávio Bolsonaro led with 47.03 per cent, against Lula's 45.16 per cent.

In Brazil, a runoff was held after neither presidential candidate secured more than 50 per cent of valid votes in the........

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