Brazilian general election, 2002 - wikipedia Brazilian general election, 2002 This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2015 ) Brazilian general election, 2002 ← 1998 6 October 2002 ( 2002 - 10 - 06 ) ( First round ) 27 October 2002 ( 2002 - 10 - 27 ) ( Second round ) 2006 → Turnout 79.53 % Candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva José Serra Party PT PSDB Home state Pernambuco / São Paulo São Paulo Running mate José Alencar Rita Camata States carried 25 + DF Popular vote 52,772,475 33,356,860 Percentage 61.3 % 38.7 % Presidential election results map after the second round of voting : Red denotes states won by Lula, and Blue denotes those won by Serra. President before election Fernando Henrique Cardoso PSDB Elected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva PT Brazil This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Brazil Executive President ( list ) Michel Temer Vice President Vacant Cabinet Attorney General of the Union National Defense Council Federal institutions Legislative Federal Senate Chamber of Deputies Court of Accounts of the Union Judiciary Supreme Court Superior Court of Justice Superior Labor Court Superior Electoral Court Superior Military Court National Justice Council Law Constitution ( history ) Anti-discrimination Human rights LGBT rights Administrative divisions States State governors State Senators Municipalities Recent elections General : 2010 2014 2018 Municipal : 2008 2012 2016 Referendums : 1993 2005 Political parties Foreign relations Other countries Atlas General elections were held in Brazil on 6 October 2002, with a second round on 27 October. After three failed attempts, Workers ' Party leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva succeeded in a presidential election. Nevertheless, he did not manage to obtain the majority of valid votes in the first round ; this led the presidential election to a second round, which Lula won with 52.7 million votes ( 61.3 % of the total ), becoming at the time the second most voted - for president in the world after Ronald Reagan in the 1984 United States presidential election. Contents 1 Background 2 Candidates 3 Results 3.1 President 3.2 Congress 4 References Background During the second term of the Fernando Henrique Cardoso administration, a serious economic crisis began in Brazil as an impact of the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Commencing shortly after the 1998 elections, when Cardoso was re-elected, as a currency crisis, it resulted in a decrease in growth and employment rates and a rise in public debt. In an environment of distrust and uncertainty for investment, many investors feared the measures that were going to be taken if a left - wing candidate won the election. As a matter of fact, when Lula would rise in the polls, the so - called `` Brazil risk '' index, which measures the confidence of investors in the country, would also rise. The media called this the `` Lula risk '', indicating that if Lula was to win the election, the economy would fail. Lula was then forced to sign a text that became known as Carta aos Brasileiros ( Letter to the Brazilian people ), promising that if he won the election, he would not change the economic policy of Brazil. Many in the left - wing saw this as a shift to the center from Lula and his Workers ' Party, which openly defended a transition to socialist economy in the 1989 presidential election. Candidates # Presidential candidate Vice-Presidential candidate Party / coalition 13 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ( PT ) José Alencar ( PL ) `` Lula President '' PT, PL, PCdoB, PMN, PCB 16 José Maria de Almeida ( PSTU ) Dayse de Oliveira ( PSTU ) United Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSTU ) 23 Ciro Gomes ( PPS ) Paulo Pereira da Silva ( PTB ) `` Labor Front '' PPS, PTB, PDT 29 Rui Costa Pimenta ( PCO ) Pedro Paulo de Abreu ( PCO ) Workers ' Cause Party ( PCO ) 40 Anthony Garotinho ( PSB ) José Antonio Figueiredo ( PSB ) `` Brazil Hope '' PSB, PGT, PTC, PSC 45 José Serra ( PSDB ) Rita Camata ( PMDB ) `` Great Alliance '' PSDB, PMDB Jump up ^ Unnoficial supporting parties : PV and PMDB in some states. In the second round : PPS, PDT, PTB, PSB, PGT, PSC, PTC and PHS. Jump up ^ Supporting parties in the second round : PFL, PPB, PSL, PTN, PSDC, PRTB, PSD, PRP, PAN and PTdoB. Results President Candidate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Luis Inácio Lula da Silva Workers ' Party 39,454,692 46.44 52,793,364 61.27 José Serra Party of the Brazilian Social Democracy 19,705,061 23.19 33,370,739 38.72 Anthony Garotinho Brazilian Socialist Party 15,179,879 17.86 Ciro Gomes Socialist People 's Party 10,170,666 11.97 José Maria de Almeida United Socialist Workers ' Party 402,232 0.47 Rui Costa Pimenta Workers ' Cause Party 38,619 0.04 Invalid / blank votes 9,852,977 -- 5,500,156 -- Total 94,804,126 100 91,664,259 100 Registered voters / turnout 115,253,816 82.26 115,253,447 79.53 Source : TRE, TRE Congress e d Summary of the 6 October 2002 National Congress of Brazil election results Parties Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate Votes % Seats % Total seats elected in 2002 Workers ' Party ( Partido dos Trabalhadores ) 16,093,987 18.4 91. 14 10 Brazilian Social Democracy Party ( Partido da Social - Democracia Brasileira ) 12,534,774 14.3 71. 11 8 Liberal Front Party ( Partido da Frente Liberal ) 11,706,231 13.4 84. 19 14 Brazilian Democratic Movement Party ( Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro ) 11,692,011 13.4 74. 19 9 Progressive Party ( Partido Progresista ) 6,840,041 7.8 49. - Brazilian Socialist Party ( Partido Socialista Brasileiro ) 4,616,860 5.3 22. Democratic Labour Party ( Partido Democrático Trabalhista ) 4,482,528 5.1 21. 5 Brazilian Labour Party ( Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro ) 4,052,107 4.6 26. Liberal Party ( Partido Liberal ) 3,780,259 4.3 26. Socialist People 's Party ( Partido Popular Socialista ) 2,682,339 3.1 15. Communist Party of Brazil ( Partido Comunista do Brasil ) 1,967,833 12. - - Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order ( Partido da Reedificação da Ordem Nacional ) 1,804,655 6. - - Green Party ( Partido Verde ) 1,182,364 1.4 5. - - Social Christian Party ( Partido Social Cristão ) 504,611 0.6. - - Social Labour Party ( Partido Social Trabalhista ) 504,044 0.6. - - Social Democratic Party ( Partido Social Democrático ) 452,386 0.5. Social Liberal Party ( Partido Social Liberal ) 408,512 0.5. - - Brazilian Labour Renewal Party ( Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro ) 304,092 0.3 -. - - Humanist Party of Solidarity ( Partido Humanista de Solidaridade ) 294,920 0.3 -. - - Party of National Mobilization ( Partido da Mobilização Nacional ) 282,875 0.3. - - Progressive Republican Party ( Partido Republicano Progresista ) 251,970 0.2 -. - - General Party of the Workers ( Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores ) 194,686 0.2 -. - - Christian Social Democratic Party ( Partido Social Democrata Cristão ) 192,545 0.2. - - Labour Party of Brazil ( Partido Trabalhista do Brasil ) 168,639 0.2 -. - - United Socialist Workers ' Party ( Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores ) 159,251 0.2 -. - - Party of the Nation 's Retirees ( Partido dos Aposentados da Naçao ) 126,663 0.1 -. - - National Labor Party ( Partido Trabalhista Nacional ) 118,471 0.1 -. - - Christian Labour Party ( Partido Trabalhista Cristão ) 74,955 0.1 -. - - Brazilian Communist Party ( Partido Comunista Brasileiro ) 45,963 0.1 -. - - Party of the Working Class 's Cause ( Partido da Causa Operária ) 29,351 0.1 -. - - Total ( turnout 82.3 % ) 87,549,923 100 513 81 54 Source : Banco de Dados Eleitorais do Brasil References hide Elections and referendums in Brazil Presidential elections 1894 1898 1902 1906 1910 1914 1918 1919 1922 1926 1930 1945 1950 1955 1960 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Legislative elections 1823 1826 1830 1834 1842 1843 1845 1848 1850 1853 1857 1861 1864 1867 1869 1872 1877 1878 1882 1885 1886 1890 1894 1896 1899 1903 1906 1909 1912 1915 1918 1927 1930 1933 1934 1945 1947 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Municipal elections 1985 2000 2008 2012 2016 2020 Referendums 1963 1993 2005 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brazilian_general_election,_2002&oldid=817188064 '' Categories : General elections in Brazil 2002 elections in Brazil October 2002 events Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from December 2015 All articles lacking sources Pages using deprecated image syntax Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français Italiano Português Edit links This page was last edited on 26 December 2017, at 19 : 36. 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Question: who was elected president of brazil in 2002
Answer: Workers' Party leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva