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General elections were held in Brazil on 6 October 2002. A second round of voting was necessary for the Presidential election, and this was held on 27 October.
[edit] Presidential election
Although Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the most votes in the first round, he did not manage to cross the 50% barrier. This necessitated a second round, which Lula won comfortably, receiving 61.3% of the vote, compared to just 38.7% for José Serra
[edit] Results
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Summary of the 6 October and 27 October 2002 Brazil presidential election results
| Candidates |
Votes |
% 1st round |
Votes |
% 2nd round |
| Luis Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, PL, PC do B, PMN, PCB, PV) |
39,436,099 |
46.4 |
52,772,475 |
61.3 |
| José Serra (PSDB, PMDB, PP) |
19,694,843 |
23.2 |
33,356,860 |
38.7 |
| Anthony Garotinho (PSB, PGT, PTC) |
15,176,204 |
17.9 |
- |
- |
| Ciro Gomes (PPS, PDT, PTB) |
10,166,324 |
12.0 |
- |
- |
| José Maria de Almeida (PSTU) |
402,236 |
0.5 |
- |
- |
| Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO) |
38,619 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
| Total (turnout 82.3 and 79.5 %) |
84,914,015 |
100 |
86,129,335 |
100 |
| Notes: party of the candidate, supporting parties, unofficial supporting parties |
| Source: Banco de Dados Eleitorais do Brasil |
[edit] Parliamentary election
Lula's Worker's Party won the most seats in the Parliamentary elections, though failed to gain an outright majority as they won only 91 of the 513 seats.
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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 |
. |
1 |
- |
| Brazilian Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Brasileiro) |
4,616,860 |
5.3 |
22 |
. |
4 |
3 |
| Democratic Labour Party (Partido Democrático Trabalhista) |
4,482,528 |
5.1 |
21 |
. |
5 |
4 |
| Brazilian Labour Party (Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro) |
4,052,107 |
4.6 |
26 |
. |
3 |
2 |
| Liberal Party (Partido Liberal) |
3,780,259 |
4.3 |
26 |
. |
3 |
2 |
| Socialist People's Party (Partido Popular Socialista) |
2,682,339 |
3.1 |
15 |
. |
1 |
1 |
| Communist Party of Brazil (Partido Comunista do Brasil) |
1,967,833 |
2.2 |
12 |
. |
- |
- |
| Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order (Partido da Reedificação da Ordem Nacional) |
1,804,655 |
2.1 |
6 |
. |
- |
- |
| Green Party (Partido Verde) |
1,182,364 |
1.4 |
5 |
. |
- |
- |
| Christian Social Party (Partido Social Cristão) |
504,611 |
0.6 |
1 |
. |
- |
- |
| Social Labour Party (Partido Social Trabalhista) |
504,044 |
0.6 |
3 |
. |
- |
- |
| Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrático) |
452,386 |
0.5 |
4 |
. |
1 |
1 |
| Social Liberal Party (Partido Social Liberal) |
408,512 |
0.5 |
1 |
. |
- |
- |
| 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 |
1 |
. |
- |
- |
| Progressive Republican Party (Partido Republicano Progresista) |
251,970 |
0.2 |
- |
. |
- |
- |
| General Party of the Workers (Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores) |
194,686 |
0.2 |
- |
. |
- |
- |
| Social Democratic Christian Party (Partido Social-Democrata Cristão) |
192,545 |
0.2 |
1 |
. |
- |
- |
| 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 Labour 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 |
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