1989 Brazilian Presidential Election
Direct elections return15 November and 17 December 1989 · The New Republic · two-round vote
Presidential elections were held in Brazil in 1989, with the first round on November 15 and a second round on December 17. They were the first direct presidential elections since 1960, the first to be held using a two-round system and the first to take place under the 1988 constitution, which followed two decades of authoritarian rule after the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état.
President before
José Sarney
MDB
Elected President
Fernando Collor
PRN
Winning share
53.0%
second round
Turnout
88.1%
second round 85.6%
The result
Fernando Collor
National Reconstruction Party · 20.611.030 votes
53.03%
second round
Lula da Silva
Workers' Party · 11.622.321 votes
46.97%
second round
Leonel Brizola
Democratic Labour Party · 11.167.665 votes
16.51%
first round
Mário Covas
Brazilian Social Democracy Party · 7.790.381 votes
11.52%
first round
Paulo Maluf
Democratic Social Party · 5.986.585 votes
8.85%
first round
Guilherme Afif
Liberal Party · 3.272.520 votes
4.84%
first round
Ulysses Guimarães
Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement · 3.204.996 votes
4.74%
first round
Roberto Freire
Brazilian Communist Party · 769.117 votes
1.14%
first round
Aureliano Chaves
Party of the Liberal Front · 600.821 votes
0.89%
first round
Ronaldo Caiado
Social Democratic Party · 488.893 votes
0.72%
first round
Affonso Camargo
Brazilian Labour Party · 379.284 votes
0.56%
first round
Enéas Carneiro
Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order · 360.578 votes
0.53%
first round