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Nevertheless, Lula's vote share was the second-best performance for the Workers' Party in the first round of a presidential election, behind only his own record of 48.61% in 2006. In the second round, Lula received 50.90% of the votes to Bolsonaro's 49.10%, the closest presidential election result in Brazil to date. Lula became the first person ...
Brazil's presidential election on Sunday appeared to be heading for an Oct. 30 run-off, as far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's strong initial showing seemed to have ended leftist Luiz Inacio Lula ...
The Jair Bolsonaro 2022 presidential campaign was officialized on 24 July 2022 in Rio de Janeiro. His running mate is former Minister of Defence Walter Braga Netto . Incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro , elected in 2018 for the first term, is a candidate for re-election for the second term.
After a highly charged campaign, Brazilians go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president. It's unclear whether the incumbent will accept the results if he loses. Brazil braces for turmoil ahead ...
Opinion polls can be highly unreliable predictors of election results, particularly in an enormous, sprawling nation like Brazil. But analysts and politicians agree that the race has grown tight.
Direct presidential elections are held in Brazil as part of the general elections every four years (which has been regular since 1994), typically in October. The current electoral law provides for a two-round system in which a candidate must receive more than 50% of the vote to win in the first round; if no candidate passes the 50% threshold, a run-off is held between the top two candidates. [1]
Brazil’s leftist former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat conservative incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the country’s closest presidential race in history. WSJ’s Luciana Magalhaes unpacks ...
2022 Brazilian general election: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeats incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election after neither candidate secured a majority in the first round of voting. Lula da Silva is the first president elected three times, and also the oldest one, at 77. [243] [244]