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 votes
56.05%
second round
José Serra
Brazilian Social Democracy Party · 33.132.283 votes
43.95%
second round
Marina Silva
Green Party · 19.636.359 votes
19.33%
first round
Plínio de Arruda Sampaio
Socialism and Liberty Party · 886.816 votes
0.87%
first round
José Maria Eymael
Christian Social Democratic Party · 89.350 votes
0.09%
first round
José Maria de Almeida
United Socialist Workers' Party · 84.609 votes
0.08%
first round
Levy Fidelix
Brazilian Labour Renewal Party · 57.960 votes
0.06%
first round
Ivan Pinheiro
Brazilian Communist Party · 39.136 votes
0.04%
first round
Rui Costa Pimenta
Workers' Cause Party · 12.206 votes
0.01%
first round