Brazil Presidential election 2022 — Results
First round: October 2, 2022
Runoff: October 30, 2022
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: 50.90%
- Jair Bolsonaro: 49.10%
Turnout: 79.41%
About this election
The voting system
As in every Brazilian presidential contest, the winner is chosen by the two-round system: an absolute majority of valid votes is required in the first round, failing which the top two contest a run-off. Voting is compulsory and fully electronic, producing rapid results. The presidency carries a four-year term renewable once. The election coincided with the renewal of the Chamber of Deputies, one-third of the Senate, and all state governorships and legislatures, so the presidential outcome was shaped by, and shaped, a simultaneously polarised Congress.
Compiled and reviewed from official results by ElectioMap. See our data methodology.
In numbers
- 1.80 points separated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from Jair Bolsonaro — 2,139,645 votes.
- Turnout of 79.41% is the highest of the 2 presidential elections covered here since 2018.
Calculated from the official figures on this page and from the other elections of this type in our archive.
Understanding this election
- Why Official Results Sometimes Take Weeks — the stages between the count and the legal result
- Why Election Maps Look Different From the Popular Vote — why a map can look one-sided when the vote was close
- How a Constituency Map Gets Built — what happens when no boundary file matches the districts