1998 Brazilian Presidential Election
4 October 1998 · The New Republic
General elections were held in Brazil on 4 October 1998 to elect the President, National Congress and state governorships. If no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a second-round runoff would have been held on 25 October.
President before
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
PSDB
President (re-elected)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
PSDB
Winning share
53.1%
Turnout
78.5%
The result
| Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Marco Maciel (PFL) | 35.936.540 | 53.06% |
| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Leonel Brizola (PDT) | 21.475.218 | 31.71% |
| Ciro Gomes | Roberto Freire | 7.426.190 | 10.97% |
| Enéas Carneiro | Irapuan Teixeira | 1.447.090 | 2.14% |
| Ivan Frota | João Ferreira da Silva | 251.337 | 0.37% |
| Alfredo Sirkis | Carla Miranda Rabello | 212.984 | 0.31% |
| José Maria de Almeida | José Galvão de Lima | 202.659 | 0.30% |
| João de Deus | Nanci Pilar | 198.916 | 0.29% |
| José Maria Eymael | Josmar Alderete | 171.831 | 0.25% |
| Thereza Ruiz | Eduardo Gomes | 166.138 | 0.25% |
| Sérgio Bueno | Ronald Azaro | 124.659 | 0.18% |
| Vasco Azevedo Neto | Alexandre José dos Santos | 109.003 | 0.16% |