2022 Brazilian Presidential Election
The closest runoff ever2 October and 30 October 2022 · The New Republic · two-round vote
General elections were held in Brazil on 2 October 2022 to elect the president, vice president, the National Congress, the governors, vice governors and legislative assemblies of all federative units, and the district council of Fernando de Noronha.
President before
Jair Bolsonaro
PL
Elected President
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
PT
Winning share
50.9%
second round
Turnout
79.0%
second round 79.4%
The result
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Workers' Party · 57.259.504 votes
50.90%
second round
Jair Bolsonaro
Liberal Party · 51.072.345 votes
49.10%
second round
Simone Tebet
Brazilian Democratic Movement · 4.915.423 votes
4.16%
first round
Ciro Gomes
Democratic Labour Party · 3.599.287 votes
3.04%
first round
Soraya Thronicke
Brazil Union · 600.955 votes
0.51%
first round
Luiz Felipe d'Avila
New Party · 559.708 votes
0.47%
first round
Kelmon Souza
Brazilian Labour Party · 81.129 votes
0.07%
first round
Leonardo Péricles
Popular Unity · 53.519 votes
0.05%
first round
Sofia Manzano
Brazilian Communist Party · 45.620 votes
0.04%
first round
Vera Lúcia Salgado
United Socialist Workers' Party · 25.625 votes
0.02%
first round
José Maria Eymael
Christian Democracy · 16.604 votes
0.01%
first round