2002 Brazilian general election

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The 2002 Brazilian general election was a landmark national vote in which leftist union leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the presidency, ending years of center-right dominance and marking a major shift in the country’s political landscape.

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instanceOf general election ⓘ
national election ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
electorateType universal suffrage with compulsory voting for most adults ⓘ
firstRoundDate 2002-10-06 ⓘ
hasPart 2002 Brazilian legislative election ⓘ
2002 Brazilian presidential election ⓘ
historicalContext post-Real Plan economic stabilization period ⓘ
ideologicalSignificance victory of a left-wing candidate at national level ⓘ
incumbentPresidentBeforeElection Fernando Henrique Cardoso ⓘ
incumbentPresidentPartyBeforeElection Brazilian Social Democracy Party ⓘ
legislativeBodyElected Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Federal Senate ⓘ
location Brazil ⓘ
mainPresidentialCandidates Anthony Garotinho ⓘ
Ciro Gomes ⓘ
José Serra ⓘ
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ⓘ
markedPoliticalShift end of PSDB-led center-right dominance at federal level ⓘ
rise of the Workers' Party to the presidency ⓘ
nextElection 2006 Brazilian general election ⓘ
notableFeature first presidential victory for the Workers' Party ⓘ
fourth presidential candidacy of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ⓘ
numberOfChamberSeatsContested 513 ⓘ
numberOfSenateSeatsContested 54 ⓘ
officeContested President of Brazil ⓘ
members of state legislative assemblies ⓘ
members of the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
members of the Federal District Legislative Chamber ⓘ
members of the Federal Senate ⓘ
state governors ⓘ
oversightBody Superior Electoral Court of Brazil ⓘ
presidentialRunnerUp José Serra ⓘ
presidentialRunnerUpParty Brazilian Social Democracy Party ⓘ
presidentialRunnerUpPopularVoteShareSecondRound about 39 percent ⓘ
presidentialRunnerUpRunningMate Rita Camata ⓘ
presidentialRunnerUpTicket José Serra–Rita Camata ⓘ
linked to: José Serra
presidentialWinner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ⓘ
linked to: Luiz Inácio
presidentialWinnerParty Workers' Party ⓘ
presidentialWinnerPopularVoteShareSecondRound about 61 percent ⓘ
presidentialWinnerRunningMate José Alencar ⓘ
presidentialWinnerTicket Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva–José Alencar ⓘ
previousElection 1998 Brazilian general election ⓘ
resultedInPresident Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ⓘ
secondRoundDate 2002-10-27 ⓘ
startDate 2002-10-06 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Fernando Henrique Cardoso second term ⓘ
votingSystemPresidential two-round system ⓘ

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva → electedPresidentInElection → 2002 Brazilian general election ⓘ
José Serra → candidateIn → 2002 Brazilian presidential election ⓘ
linked to: 2002 Brazilian general election
2002 Brazilian general election → hasPart → 2002 Brazilian legislative election ⓘ
linked to: 2002 Brazilian general election