2010 Brazilian Presidential Election
3 October and 31 October 2010 · The New Republic · two-round vote
General elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 2010 to elect the president, National Congress and state governors.
President before
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
PT
Elected President
Dilma Rousseff
PT
Winning share
56.0%
second round
Turnout
81.9%
second round 78.5%
The result
| Dilma Rousseff | Workers' Party | 47.651.434 | 46.91% | 55.752.529 | 56.05% |
| José Serra | Brazilian Social Democracy Party | 33.132.283 | 32.61% | 43.711.388 | 43.95% |
| Marina Silva | Green Party | 19.636.359 | 19.33% | — | — |
| Plínio de Arruda Sampaio | Socialism and Liberty Party | 886.816 | 0.87% | — | — |
| José Maria Eymael | Christian Social Democratic Party | 89.350 | 0.09% | — | — |
| José Maria de Almeida | United Socialist Workers' Party | 84.609 | 0.08% | — | — |
| Levy Fidelix | Brazilian Labour Renewal Party | 57.960 | 0.06% | — | — |
| Ivan Pinheiro | Brazilian Communist Party | 39.136 | 0.04% | — | — |
| Rui Costa Pimenta | Workers' Cause Party | 12.206 | 0.01% | — | — |