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 votes
55.13%
second round
Fernando Haddad
Workers' Party · 31.342.051 votes
44.87%
second round
Ciro Gomes
Democratic Labour Party · 13.344.371 votes
12.47%
first round
Geraldo Alckmin
Brazilian Social Democracy Party · 5.096.350 votes
4.76%
first round
João Amoêdo
New Party · 2.679.745 votes
2.50%
first round
Cabo Daciolo
Patriota · 1.348.323 votes
1.26%
first round
Henrique Meirelles
Brazilian Democratic Movement · 1.288.950 votes
1.20%
first round
Marina Silva
Sustainability Network · 1.069.578 votes
1.00%
first round
Alvaro Dias
Podemos · 859.601 votes
0.80%
first round
Guilherme Boulos
Socialism and Liberty Party · 617.122 votes
0.58%
first round
Vera Lúcia
United Socialist Workers' Party · 55.762 votes
0.05%
first round
José Maria Eymael
Christian Democracy · 41.710 votes
0.04%
first round