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 votes
53.06%
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Leonel Brizola (PDT) · 21.475.218 votes
31.71%
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Ciro Gomes
Roberto Freire · 7.426.190 votes
10.97%
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Enéas Carneiro
Irapuan Teixeira · 1.447.090 votes
2.14%
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Ivan Frota
João Ferreira da Silva · 251.337 votes
0.37%
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Alfredo Sirkis
Carla Miranda Rabello · 212.984 votes
0.31%
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José Maria de Almeida
José Galvão de Lima · 202.659 votes
0.30%
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João de Deus
Nanci Pilar · 198.916 votes
0.29%
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José Maria Eymael
Josmar Alderete · 171.831 votes
0.25%
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Thereza Ruiz
Eduardo Gomes · 166.138 votes
0.25%
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Sérgio Bueno
Ronald Azaro · 124.659 votes
0.18%
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Vasco Azevedo Neto
Alexandre José dos Santos · 109.003 votes
0.16%
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