Dilma Rousseff: 'I will govern for all Brazilians' - Telegraph

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with his protégé, Dilma Rousseff Photo: AP

Ms Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla and twice-divorced grandmother, had 57 per cent of the vote compared to 43 per cent for her opponent, Jose Serra, according to an exit poll from IBOPE (Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics).