2022 Brazilian general election

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Presidential election
2 October 2022 (2022-10-02) (first round) 30 October 2022 (2022-10-30) (second round)
Opinion polls
Turnout	79.05% (first round) 79.41% (second round)
Candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Jair Bolsonaro Party Workers' Party Liberal Party Alliance Brazil of Hope For the Good of Brazil Home state São Paulo[a] Rio de Janeiro[b] Running mate Geraldo Alckmin Walter Braga Netto Popular vote 60,345,999 58,206,354 Percentage 50.90% 49.10%
Second round, shaded according to vote share First round, shaded according to vote share Presidential election results
President before election Jair Bolsonaro PL Elected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva PT

General elections took place on 2 October 2022 in Brazil to elect the President, Vice President, and the National Congress.^[1] 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.^[2][3]

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.^[4]

On 2 October 2022, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva advanced to the run-off election on 30 October against President Bolsonaro.^[5] Lula won 48.43% of the vote against Bolsonaro's 43.20%.^[6]

On 30 October, Lula defeated Bolsonaro winning 50.90% of the vote against Bolsonaro's 49.10%.^[7] 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.^[8]

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 Praça dos Três Poderes plaza in Brasília, the federal capital.
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1. ↑ "Brasil terá eleições livres em 2022 e com instituições funcionando, diz Barroso". G1. 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
2. ↑ Electorate statistics Archived 24 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Superior Electoral Court (in Portuguese).
3. ↑ "Brazil: Freedom in the World 2021 Country Report". Freedom House. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
4. ↑ "BOLSONARO, BRAZIL'S BIGGEST TRUMP FANBOY, APPARENTLY SETTING UP HIS OWN STOLEN-ELECTION CONSPIRACY". Vanity Fair. May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
5. ↑ "Brazil's Lula and Bolsonaro face run-off after surprisingly tight result". Yahoo. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
6. ↑ "Resultados" (in Portuguese). TSE. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
7. ↑ "Resultados" (in Portuguese). TSE. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
8. ↑ "Bolsonaristas fecham com barricadas duas estradas que dão acesso a Brasília". Valor Investe (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-10-31.