2018 Brazilian general election

**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.

### 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:

### Second round

|colspan=2|Candidate|Party|Running mate|Party|Votes|%||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|bgcolor=#203b78||Jair Bolsonaro|PSL|<small>Hamilton Mourão</small>|<small>PRTB</small>|53,967,344|55.6|
|bgcolor=#c00||Fernando Haddad|PT|<small>Manuela d'Ávila</small>|<small>PCdoB</small>|43,047,628|44.4|

### First round

|colspan=2|Candidate|Party|Running mate|Party|Votes|%||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background:#203b78;"||**Jair Bolsonaro**|**Social Liberal Party**|**Hamilton Mourão**|**Brazilian Labour Renewal Party**|**49,184,240**|**46.1**|
|style="background:#c00;"||**Fernando Haddad**|**Workers' Party**|**Manuela d'Ávila**|**Communist Party of Brazil**|**31,058,828**|**29.1**|
|style="background:#C0C0C0;"||Ciro Gomes|Democratic Labor Party|Kátia Abreu|Democratic Labor Party|13,311,642|12.5|
|style="background:#87CEEB;"||Geraldo Alckmin|Brazilian Social Democracy Party|Ana Amélia|Progressistas|5,083,445|4.8|
|style="background:#ff8511;"||João Amoêdo|New Party|Christian Lohbauer|New Party|2,676,840|2.5|
|style="background:#800080;"||Cabo Daciolo|Patriota|Suelene Balduino|Patriota|1,343,944|1.3|
|style="background:#FFC0CB;"||Henrique Meirelles|Brazilian Democratic Movement|Germano Rigotto|Brazilian Democratic Movement|1,284,796|1.2|
|style="background:#20b2aa;"||Marina Silva|Sustainability Network|Eduardo Jorge|Green Party|1,066,893|1.0|
|style="background:#2da933;"||Álvaro Dias|Podemos|Paulo Rabello de Castro|Social Christian Party|858,693|0.8|
|style="background:#964B00;"||Guilherme Boulos|Socialism and Liberty Party|Sônia Guajajara|Socialism and Liberty Party|615,924|0.6|
|style="background:#ffd500;"||Vera Lúcia|United Socialist Workers' Party|Hertz Dias|United Socialist Workers' Party|55,620|0.1|
|style="background:#afb908;"||José Maria Eymael|Christian Democracy|Hélvio Costa|Christian Democracy|41,615|0.1|
|style="background:#006000;"||João Vicente Goulart|Free Homeland Party|Léo Dias|Free Homeland Party|30,081|0.1|
|Invalid/blank votes|N/A|–||||||
|**Total**|**106,612,561**|**100**||||||
|Registered voters/turnout||||||||
|style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"|Source: TSE via Reuters|||||||

## 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

## Infobox (legislative election)

- **embed**: yes
- **election name**: Parliamentary election
- **heading1**: Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamber of Deputies
- **leader1**: Eduardo Bolsonaro
- **party1**: Social Liberal Party (Brazil)
- **percentage1**: 11.7%
- **last election1**: 8
- **seats1**: 52
- **leader2**: Paulo Pimenta
- **party2**: Workers' Party (Brazil)
- **percentage2**: 10.3%
- **last election2**: 61
- **seats2**: 56
- **leader3**: Carlos Sampaio
- **party3**: Brazilian Social Democracy Party
- **percentage3**: 6.0%
- **last election3**: 49
- **seats3**: 29
- **leader4**: Domingos Neto
- **party4**: Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011)
- **percentage4**: 5.8%
- **last election4**: 37
- **seats4**: 34
- **leader5**: Arthur Lira
- **party5**: Progressive Party (Brazil)
- **percentage5**: 5.6%
- **last election5**: 50
- **seats5**: 38
- **leader6**: Baleia Rossi
- **party6**: Brazilian Democratic Movement Party
- **percentage6**: 5.5%
- **last election6**: 51
- **seats6**: 34
- **leader7**: Tadeu Alencar
- **party7**: Brazilian Socialist Party
- **percentage7**: 5.5%
- **last election7**: 26
- **seats7**: 32
- **leader8**: José Rocha
- **party8**: Party of the Republic
- **percentage8**: 5.3%
- **last election8**: 40
- **seats8**: 33
- **leader9**: Jhonatan de Jesus
- **party9**: Brazilian Republican Party
- **percentage9**: 5.1%
- **last election9**: 21
- **seats9**: 30
- **leader10**: Elmar Nascimento
- **party10**: Democrats (Brazil)
- **percentage10**: 4.7%
- **last election10**: 43
- **seats10**: 29
- **leader11**: André Figueiredo
- **party11**: Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)
- **percentage11**: 4.6%
- **last election11**: 19
- **seats11**: 28
- **heading12**: Brazilian Senate, Federal Senate
- **leader12**: Lindbergh Farias
- **party12**: Workers' Party (Brazil)
- **percentage12**: 14.5%
- **last election12**: 12
- **seats12**: 6
- **leader13**: Paulo Bauer
- **party13**: Brazilian Social Democracy Party
- **percentage13**: 11.9%
- **last election13**: 10
- **seats13**: 8
- **leader14**: Simone Tebet
- **party14**: Brazilian Democratic Movement Party
- **percentage14**: 7.5%
- **last election14**: 18
- **seats14**: 12
- **leader15**: Ronaldo Caiado
- **party15**: Democrats (Brazil)
- **percentage15**: 5.4%
- **last election15**: 4
- **seats15**: 6
- **leader16**: Omar Aziz
- **party16**: Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011)
- **percentage16**: 4.8%
- **last election16**: 11
- **seats16**: 7
- **leader17**: Ana Amélia Lemos
- **party17**: Progressive Party (Brazil)
- **percentage17**: 4.4%
- **last election17**: 5
- **seats17**: 6


## 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 (state), Rio de Janeiro
- **running mate1**: **Hamilton Mourão**
- **states carried1**: **15 + Brazilian Federal District, 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 (state), 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**: Brazilian Democratic Movement, MDB
- **after election**: Jair Bolsonaro
- **after party**: Social Liberal Party (Brazil), 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.


## 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)