Presidential election in Brazil 2018

‹  2014  •   •  2022 ›
Presidential election in Brazil
October 7, 2018 (1st ballot)
October 28, 2018 (2nd ballot - runoff)
	PSL
	Jair Bolsonaro
	be right	57,797,456
		55.1%
	PT
	Fernando Haddad
	be right	47,040,819
		44.9%
Won states with federal districts (2nd ballot)
President of the Federal Republic of Brazil
Before the election of Michel Temer PMDB Elected Jair Bolsonaro Partido Social Liberal

The 2018 presidential election in Brazil took place on October 7th and 28th. The approximately 147.3 million Brazilians who are eligible to vote elected the President and Vice President. The runoff election on October 28th was won by Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) with 55.13 percent of the vote. Bolsonaro took office on January 1, 2019; his opponent was Fernando Haddad (PT). In the first round of elections on October 7, Bolsonaro received 46.03 percent of the valid votes, Haddad got 29.28 percent.

Results

First ballot, results according to the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE)

In the first round of elections on October 7, 2018, Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) received 49,277,010 or 46.03% of the valid votes, significantly more than the election forecasts predicted. On October 28, 2018, he stood in the runoff election against Fernando Haddad der (PT), who received 31,342,051 or 29.28% of the valid votes. Around 29% of the more than 147.3 million voters had distanced themselves from the election either by not appearing or by casting white ( Brancos ) or zero votes ( Nulos ) . There were a total of 107,050,637 valid votes.

Source:

candidate	be right	percent
Bolsonaro	49.277.010	46.03
Haddad	31,342,051	29.28
Gomes	13,344,371	12.47
Alckmin	5,096,350	4.76
Amoêdo	2,679,745	2.50
Daciolo	1,348,323	1.26
Meirelles	1,288,950	1.20
Silva	1,069,578	1.00
Slides	859.601	0.80
Boulos	617.122	0.58
Vera	55,762	0.05
Eymael	41,710	0.04
Goulart	30.176	0.03

Candidates

Brief introduction of the candidates

The following candidates were nominated by their parties and their registration submitted to the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE):

Status: until the election in October, after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the resolution of the Workers' Party (PT) of September 11, 2018, no longer ran and named Fernando Haddad as the new presidential candidate. On the same day, the Supreme Court (STF) dropped the Attorney General's charges against Jair Bolsonaro for racism, which allowed him to continue running.

#		Presidential candidate		Vice presidential candidate		Party electoral coalition	Previous political positions
	12		Ciro Gomes (PDT)		Kátia Abreu (PDT)	"Brasil Soberano" PDT , AVANTE (until 2017 Partido Trabalhista do Brasil , PT do B)	Gomes : Federal Member of Parliament for Ceará 2007–2011; Minister for National Integration 2003-2006; Minister of Finance 1994–1995; Governor of Ceará 1991–1994; Prefect of Fortaleza 1989–1990; Member of the state parliament in Ceará 1983–1989; Presidential candidate in 1998 and 2002 . Abreu : Federal MP for Tocantins 2003–2007; since 2007 Senator for Tocantins; Minister of Agriculture 2015-2016.
	13		Fernando Haddad (PT)		Manuela d'Ávila (PCdoB)	"O Brasil Feliz de Novo" PT , PROS , PCO , PCdoB	Haddad : Minister of Education 2005–2012; 2013–2017 city prefect of São Paulo d'Ávila : 2005–2006 city council president of Porto Alegre; 2007–2015 Federal MP for Rio Grande do Sul; since 2015 national parliamentarian in Rio Grande do Sul
	15th		Henrique Meirelles (MDB)		Germano Rigotto (MDB)	"Essa é a solução" MDB , PHS	Meirelles : Minister of Economic Affairs 2016–2018; President of the Central Bank of Brazil 2003–2011.
	16		Vera Lúcia Salgado (PSTU)		Hertz Dias (PSTU)	Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado (PSTU)	no
	17th		Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)		General Antônio Hamilton Mourão (PRTB)	"Brasil acima de Tudo, Deus acima de Todos" PSL , PRTB	Bolsonaro : Federal MP for Rio de Janeiro since 1991.
	18th		Marina Silva (SPEECH)		Eduardo Jorge (PV)	“Unidos para transformar o Brasil” SPEECH , PV	Silva : spokeswoman for REDE since 2013; Senator for Acre 1995-2011; Environment Minister 2003-2008; State MP in Acre 1991–1995; City Councilor in Rio Branco 1989–1991; Presidential candidate 2010 and 2014 .
	19th		Álvaro Dias (PODEMOS)		Paulo Rabello de Castro (PSC)	“Mudança de Verdade” PODEMOS , PSC , PTC , PRP	Dias : Senator for Paraná 1983–1987 and since 1999; Governor of Paraná 1987–1991; Federal Member of Parliament for Paraná 1975–1983; State representative in Paraná 1971–1975.
	27		José Maria Eymael (DC)		Helvio Costa (DC)	Democracia Cristã (DC)	Eymael : President of DC since 1997; Federal Member of Parliament for São Paulo 1986–1995; Presidential candidate 1998 , 2006 , 2010 and 2014 ; Candidate for City Prefect (Mayor) of São Paulo 2012.
	30th		João Amoêdo (NOVO)		Christian Lohbauer (NOVO)	Partido Novo (NOVO)	Amoêdo : President of the NOVO 2011-2017. Lohbauer: no electoral offices , temporarily secretary for international relations of the city prefecture of São Paulo .
	45		Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)		Ana Amélia Lemos (PP)	"Para Unir o Brasil" PSDB , DEM , PP , PR , PRB , SD , PTB , PSD , PPS	Alckmin : Governor of São Paulo 2011–2018 and 2001–2006; President of the PSDB since 2017; State Secretary for Development in the State of São Paulo 2009–2010; Vice Governor of São Paulo 1995–2001; Federal Member of Parliament for São Paulo 1987–1994; Member of the State Parliament in São Paulo 1983–1987; City Prefect (Mayor) of Pindamonhangaba 1977–1982; City Councilor of Pindamonhangaba 1973–1977; 2006 presidential candidate .
	50		Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)		Sônia Guajajara (PSOL)	"Vamos Sem Medo de Mudar o Brasil" PSOL , PCB	Boulos : USP professor , political and social activist, MTST coordinator , author.
	51		Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)		Suelene Balduino Nascimento (PATRI)	Patriota (PATRI)	Daciolo : Federal MP for Rio de Janeiro since 2015.
	54		João Vicente Goulart (PPL)		Léo Alves (PPL)	Partido Pátria Livre (PPL)	Goulart : Member of the State in Rio Grande do Sul 1982–1986.

See also

• Bolsonaro cabinet

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Divulgação de Resultados de Eleições. Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, October 28, 2018, accessed October 28, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese, database query). 
2. ↑ Eleições 2018 2 ° turn. Gazeta do Povo, October 28, 2018; accessed October 28, 2018 (Portuguese). 
3. ↑ Different numbers were given in: Presidential election in Brazil: Right-wing populist Bolsonaro clearly wins the first round. In: Spiegel Online . October 8, 2018, accessed October 8, 2018 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} TSE - Divulgação de Resultados de Eleições. In: jus.br. divulga.tse.jus.br, October 24, 2018, accessed October 26, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese, database query). 
5. ↑ Andreas Behn: Fight for Lula's majority: Haddad should get the votes . In: The daily newspaper: taz . September 12, 2018, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed September 12, 2018]).
6. ↑ Mauricio Savarese, Peter Prengaman: Brazil race begins in earnest with da Silva off party ticket . In: ABC News . September 12, 2018 (English, go.com [accessed September 12, 2018]).
7. ↑ Ciro Gomes terá senadora Kátia Abreu como vice. In: O Globo. August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
8. ↑ Em diretrizes, Ciro propõe BNDES ativo, volta da TJLP e IDH de Portugal . In: ISTOÉ Independente . 2018 ( com.br ).
9. ^ PT confirma Lula candidato; em mensagem, ex-presidente diz que 'querem fazer eleição de cartas marcadas'. In: G1 . Retrieved August 19, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
10. ↑ Pros oficializa aliança com PT e apoio à candidatura de Lula a presidente. In: G1. Retrieved August 19, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
11. ↑ PCO declara apoio à candidatura de Lula na disputa pela Presidência da República. In: G1. Retrieved August 19, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
12. ↑ Ricardo Della Coletta Marreiro, Flávia Afonso Benites: Haddad, vice e plano B de Lula, ganha reforço de Manuela D'Ávila no último minuto. In: EL PAÍS. August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
13. ↑ Speech confirma candidatura de Marina Silva à Presidência da República. In: G1. Retrieved August 19, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
14. ↑ Álvaro Dias quer disputa Presidência da República em 2018. In: Brasil 247. December 24, 2015, accessed on August 19, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
15. ^ Podemos confirma Alvaro Dias para disputa da Presidência. In: G1. Retrieved August 19, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
16. ↑ Partido Novo anuncia João Amoêdo como pré-candidato a presidente em 2018. In: G1. November 18, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
17. ↑ Brief profile on the Partido Novo website . Retrieved September 13, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
18. ↑ Gustavo Maia, Luciana Amaral: Alckmin pede registro de candidatura e declara R $ 1.3 milhão em bens ao TSE. In: UOL. August 8, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
19. ↑ Aliados defendem nome de Alckmin para a disputa presidencial . In: R7.com . 2017 ( r7.com ).
20. ^ Oficial: Guilherme Boulos e Sônia Guajajara são os candidatos do PSOL à Presidência. (No longer available online.) In: PSOL 50th PSOL Nacional, June 21, 2018, archived from the original on October 13, 2018 ; Retrieved August 19, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
21. ↑ Todos querem o Planalto. In: UOL. March 11, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).