Title: 2018 Brazilian general election Content: thumb|Second round results thumb|First round results General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the President and Vice President and other political figures in the nation. The first round of the presidential election was held on 7 October 2018. Jair Bolsonaro won 46% of the vote with Fernando Haddad winning 29.3%. Since no candidate won more than 50% of the vote, a second round was held on 28 October 2018 with Bolsonaro being elected president. ==Background== The 2014 elections Dilma Rousseff re-elected as president in the second round with 51.6% of the vote.Brazil keen to open trade talks with UK Financial Times, 22 July 2016 However, on 3 December 2015, impeachment process against Rousseff were officially accepted by the Chamber of Deputies. Vice President Michel Temer, of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, became Acting President of Brazil. On 31 August 2016, the Senate voted 61–20 in favor of impeachment, finding Rousseff guilty of breaking budgetary laws and removing her from office. Vice President Temer replaced Rousseff as the 37th President of Brazil. ==Suspensions== Even though current President Temer said he would not run, he received an eight-year ban from holding office on 2 June 2016 for violating election laws. Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he would run for the presidency again, but was arrested for money laundering and found guilty. On August 1, 2018, the Higher Electoral Court Minister, Luiz Fux, confirmed the decision that the former president Lula is ineligible to run for elections in 2018. File:Presidente Michel Temer (foto oficial) - cortada (cropped 2).jpg|left|President Michel Temer (MDB) from São Paulo File:Lula_bancada_PT_Senado_Câmara-2015_06_29_(cropped).jpg|left|Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) from São Paulo ==Candidates== ===Second round=== The following candidates advanced to the second round as they were placed in the top two candidates following the voting: File:Jair Bolsonaro (croppedb).jpg|Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) from Rio de Janeiro File:Fernando Haddad Prefeito 2016 (cropped).jpg|Fernando Haddad (PT) from São Paulo ===Defeated in first round=== The following candidates were eliminated in the first round of the election as they were placed third or lower in the final votes: File:CI - Comissão de Serviços de Infraestrutura (19519684132) (cropped).jpg|Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB) from São Paulo File:João Amoêdo (cropped).jpg|João Amoêdo (NOVO) from Rio de Janeiro File:Guilherme Boulos em São Paulo (cropped).jpg|Guilherme Boulos (PSOL) from São Paulo File:Deputados cabo Daciolo (PSOL-RJ) e Marcos Reategui (PSC- AP) participam do programa Brasil em Debate (cropped2).jpg|Cabo Daciolo (PATRI) from Santa Catarina File:Foto oficial de Álvaro Dias (cropped) (cropped).jpg|Álvaro Dias (PODE) from Paraná File:José Maria Eymael no senado.jpg|José Maria Eymael (DC) from Rio Grande do Sul File:Ciro Gomes na Carta Capital 2015 (foto 2) (cropped) (cropped).jpg|Ciro Gomes (PDT) from Ceará File:Henrique Meirelles recebe o ministro das Finanças do Reino Unido - 35459912404 (cropped).jpg|Henrique Meirelles (MDB) from Goiás File:MarinaSilva2010 (cropped).jpg|Marina Silva (REDE) from Acre Vera Lúcia no Dia Internacional da Mulher Trabalhadora 2018 - PSTU.jpg|Vera Lúcia (PSTU) from Pernambuco João Vicente Goulart no Plenário do Congresso.jpg|João Goulart Filho (PPL) from Rio de Janeiro ==Opinion polling== ===First round=== File:Brazilian Opinion Polling 2015-2018.png|Polling from 2015 until the day of the election ===Second round=== File:BolsoHaddad 2018.png|Graph showing 5 poll average trend lines of Brazilian opinion polls for the second round Fernando Haddad (PT) and Bolsonaro (PSL) from April 2018 to the most recent one ==Results== ===Second round===