2006 Brazilian Presidential Election
1 October and 29 October 2006 · The New Republic · two-round vote
Elected by a wide margin in the 2002 presidential elections, incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the centre-left Workers' Party (PT) ran for reelection. During his first term in office, Lula implemented a wide array of social programs, including the Fome Zero (Zero Hunger) and Bolsa Família (Family Allowance) programs.
President before
Lula da Silva
PT
President (re-elected)
Lula da Silva
PT
Winning share
60.8%
second round
Turnout
83.3%
second round 81.0%
The result
| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Workers' Party | 46.662.365 | 48.61% | 58.295.042 | 60.83% |
| Geraldo Alckmin | Brazilian Social Democracy Party | 39.968.369 | 41.64% | 37.543.178 | 39.17% |
| Heloísa Helena | Socialism and Liberty Party | 6.575.393 | 6.85% | — | — |
| Cristovam Buarque | Democratic Labour Party | 2.538.844 | 2.64% | — | — |
| Ana Maria Rangel | Progressive Republican Party | 126.404 | 0.13% | — | — |
| José Maria Eymael | Christian Social Democratic Party | 63.294 | 0.07% | — | — |
| Luciano Bivar | Social Liberal Party | 62.064 | 0.06% | — | — |