2018 Brazilian Presidential Election
The Bolsonaro wave7 October and 28 October 2018 · The New Republic · two-round vote
General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the president, National Congress and state governors. As no candidate in the presidential election (and for the gubernatorial election in some states) received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a runoff round was held of those offices on 28 October.
President before
Michel Temer
MDB
Elected President
Jair Bolsonaro
PSL
Winning share
55.1%
second round
Turnout
79.7%
second round 78.7%
The result
| Jair Bolsonaro | Social Liberal Party | 49.277.010 | 46.03% | 57.797.847 | 55.13% |
| Fernando Haddad | Workers' Party | 31.342.051 | 29.28% | 47.040.906 | 44.87% |
| Ciro Gomes | Democratic Labour Party | 13.344.371 | 12.47% | — | — |
| Geraldo Alckmin | Brazilian Social Democracy Party | 5.096.350 | 4.76% | — | — |
| João Amoêdo | New Party | 2.679.745 | 2.50% | — | — |
| Cabo Daciolo | Patriota | 1.348.323 | 1.26% | — | — |
| Henrique Meirelles | Brazilian Democratic Movement | 1.288.950 | 1.20% | — | — |
| Marina Silva | Sustainability Network | 1.069.578 | 1.00% | — | — |
| Alvaro Dias | Podemos | 859.601 | 0.80% | — | — |
| Guilherme Boulos | Socialism and Liberty Party | 617.122 | 0.58% | — | — |
| Vera Lúcia | United Socialist Workers' Party | 55.762 | 0.05% | — | — |
| José Maria Eymael | Christian Democracy | 41.710 | 0.04% | — | — |
| João Vicente Goulart | Free Fatherland Party | 30.176 | 0.03% | — | — |