2022 Brazilian general election

General elections took place on 2 October 2022 in Brazil to elect the President, Vice President, and the National Congress. A run-off was held on 30 October.
There were more than 146 million registered voters in Brazil when this election took place, making the country the second largest democracy in the Americas and one of the largest in the world.
On 5 May 2022, President Jair Bolsonaro ordered an audit on the country's voting machines, five months before the election, with people believing should he lose the election he would not accept defeat.
On 2 October 2022, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva advanced to the run-off election on 30 October against President Bolsonaro. Lula won 48.43% of the vote against Bolsonaro's 43.20%.
On 30 October, Lula defeated Bolsonaro winning 50.90% of the vote against Bolsonaro's 49.10%. Two days later, Bolsonaro did not say he lost the election however agreed to a transition of power. After Bolsonaro lost, his supporters began blocking several roads and bridges.
On 8 January 2023, one week after Lula's inauguration, supporters of Bolsonaro stormed and invaded the Supreme Court of Brazil, the National Congress of Brazil and the Planalto Presidential Palace in the Praca dos Tres Poderes plaza in Brasilia, the federal capital.
Voting rules
To vote in Brazil, voters must be citizens over 16 years old and is mandatory for those between 18 and 70 years old. Those who do not vote in an election and do not show a reason why must pay a fine, normally R$3.51 (same as US$0.67 as of June 2022).
Brazilian citizens living abroad may only vote for president and vice president. Portuguese citizens legally living in Brazil for more than three years may also register to vote in Brazilian elections.
Other elections
Other national elections will be held at the same time as the presidential election. Governors and Vice Governors of Brazil's states and of the Federal District will also be elected at the same time.
One-third of the 81 members of the Federal Senate will be elected, the other two-thirds having been elected in 2018.
All 513 members of the Chamber of Deputies (Federal Deputies) will be elected. The Chamber elections are held using open list proportional representation.
Main presidential candidates
Candidates in runoff
Eliminated in first round
Withdrawn
Debates
As of April 2022, the following TV stations confirmed presidential debates:
Opinion polling
First round
Polling average
Second round
Polling average
Bolsonaro's claims of fraud
Bolsonaro has said that Brazilian electronic ballots might make vote rigging easier.
During the 2018 elections, many social media platforms had fake claims that electronic ballots had been set up to support candidates other than Bolsonaro, and that he had won the presidential election in the first round. However none of these claims were proven true. As president, Bolsonaro kept on saying that the 2022 election will have fraud voting and wanted to have an election audit.
In July 2022, Bolsonaro said that the voting system in Brazil was weak and that it was possible for voter fraud and rigging to happen in the 2022 election. Brazilian and international law experts, political analysts, and authorities have said Bolsonaro's claims are not true. Many worry that Bolsonaro's false fraud claims might be seen as a self-coup, such as the 2021 United States Capitol attack, should Bolsonaro lose the election. Bolsonaro has looked for police and military support, which many saw as him planning a coup should he lose.
2023 invasion of the Brazilian Congress
On 8 January 2023, supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed and invaded the Praca dos Tres Poderes in Brasilia, taking over the offices of the Supreme Federal Court, National Congress of Brazil and the Palacio do Planalto. The event was seen as an attempted coup d'etat to overturn the election results of the 2022 general election.