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Brazilian general election, 2002
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.
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
Results
discuss – 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
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.
Results
discuss – 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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