Brazilian presidential election, 2002

Brazilian presidential election, 2002

1998 ←
October 6 and 27, 2002
→ 2006

 
Candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva José Serra
Party PT PSDB
Home state Pernambuco /
São Paulo
São Paulo
Running mate José Alencar Rita Camata
States carried 25+DF 1
Popular vote 39,455,233
52,772,475
19,705,445
33,356,860
Percentage 46.4%
61.3%
23.2%
38.7%

Presidential election results map after the second round of voting: Red denotes states won by Lula, and Blue denotes those won by Serra.

President before election

Fernando Henrique Cardoso
PSDB

Elected President

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
PT

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Although Luis Inácio "Lula" da Silva won the most votes in the first round, he did not manage to obtain majority of valid votes (i.e. excluding blank or void votes). This led the presidential election to a second round, which Lula won with 61.3% of valid votes.

Results

e • d 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, PFL) 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

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