2018 Brazilian general election

{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2018 Brazilian general election
| country = Brazil
| type = presidential
| vote_type = Popular
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2014 Brazilian general election
| previous_year = 2014
| election_date =  (first round) (second round)
| next_election = 2022 Brazilian general election
| next_year = 2022
| opinion_polls = Opinion polling for the 2018 Brazilian general election
| turnout = 79.67% (first round)78.7% (second round)

| module = {{Infobox election
| embed = yes
| type = presidential
| vote_type = Popular
| ongoing = no
| election_name = Presidential election
| candidate1 = Jair Bolsonaro
| image1 = 
| party1 = Social Liberal Party (Brazil)
| alliance1 = Brazil Above Everything, God Above Everyone
| home_state1 = Rio de Janeiro
| running_mate1 = Hamilton Mourão
| states_carried1 = 15 + DF
| popular_vote1 = 57,797,847| percentage1 = 55.13%| candidate2 = Fernando Haddad
| image2 = 
| party2 = Workers' Party (Brazil)
| alliance2 = The People Happy Again
| home_state2 = São Paulo
| running_mate2 = Manuela d'Ávila
| states_carried2 = 11
| popular_vote2 = 47,040,906
| percentage2 = 44.87%
| title = President
| before_election = Michel Temer
| before_party = MDB
| after_election = Jair Bolsonaro
| after_party = PSL
| map_image = File:2018 Brazilian presidential election map (Round 2).svg
| map_size = 350px
| map_caption = Map of results for each State and the Federal District.
| module = 
}}
}}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.

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.

Candidates

Second round
The following candidates advanced to the second round as they were placed in the top two candidates following the voting:

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:

Opinion polling

First round

Second round

Results

Second round

First round

Notes

References

Other websites
Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB, DEM, PP, PR, PRB, SD, PTB, PSD, PPS) para Presidente 
João Amoêdo (NOVO) para Presidente
Jair Bolsonaro (PSL, PRTB) para Presidente 
Guilhemere Boulous (PSOL, PCB) para Presidente 
Alvaro Dias (PODE, PSC, PTC, PRP) para Presidente
Ciro Gomes (PDT, AVANTE) para Presidente 
Vera Lúcia (PSTU) para Presidente
Henrique Meirelles (MDB, PHS) para Presidente 
Marina Silva (REDE, PV) para Presidente 

2018 elections
2010s in Brazil
October 2018 events
Politics of Brazil
General elections