Brazilian presidential election, 2010
The elections were held in 2010 in Brazil on October 3, 2010, the necessary run-off elections for the presidency and the governorship on October 31. The voters were asked the president, two-thirds of the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies, the governors and the houses of parliament of the Federal States to redefine. Most attention was given to international election of the President, in which a successor to Lula da Silva ( PT) had to be determined in accordance with the Constitution of the country after two terms no longer allowed to run. In the runoff sat by Dilma Rousseff of the PT.
Presidential election
The President is elected by all the Brazilian electorate for four years. In the first round is elected, who reached the absolute majority of the valid votes. Since this was achieved anybody, a runoff between the top two candidates was held on October 31, 2010. The term of office of the new president will begin on 1 January 2011.
The 2010 presidential election was the first direct election of a President of Brazil since the military dictatorship, when Lula da Silva did not stand for election. He could not run again after two consecutive terms as president.
Candidates
The Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT ) of the incumbent President Lula nominated (usually just called Dilma ) Dilma Rousseff who was up to her nomination as a largely unknown (see graph ). She was the preferred candidate of Lula, who himself was not allowed to reapply. Your campaign was geared to promise a continuation of the popular Lula policy. Dilma was immediately before the election as the favorite, with its earnings forecast was just around the 50 percent mark. During the election campaign, it gave her and Lula opposite sides of the opposition allegations of nepotism and abuse of office. Dilma's candidacy was supported by nine other parties. The candidate for the vice-presidency under Dilma, Michel Temeraire was provided by the Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro ( PMDB ).
For the main opposition party Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira ( PSDB ), former governor of São Paulo, José Serra approached. He was classified as " pale " and let the campaign know that he was interested in the post of Minister of Health in particular, a post he held once already. Serra was supported by five other parties. His candidate for the vice-presidency was Indio da Costa of the Democratas.
For the green Partido Verde Marina Silva went to, which was withdrawn in 2008 as Minister of the Environment of the Lula government. You were at the beginning of the campaign given an outside chance, as they briefly with Dilma lay in polls par. She joined the election campaign produced by an objective argument, but had a hard time immediately before the election, were you about 15 percent predicted, it was considered a " tip the scales " in view of a possible runoff. Marina Silva did not occur in an electoral alliance, their candidate for the vice-presidency was Guilherme Leal.
Six other candidates competed, but were before the election as meaningless.
Election result
In the first round Dilma received the most votes, but missed the absolute majority significantly. She scored 46.9 percent of the valid votes, Serra 32.6 percent and 19.3 percent Silva. The other six candidates jointly received 1 percent of the vote. The turnout was 81.9 per cent (when duty ).
In the second ballot Dilma achieved by enumeration of good 99 percent of the vote with 56 percent of the valid votes, Serra 44 The turnout was about 78 percent. This Dilma Rousseff is elected president of Brazil, Michel Temer Vice-President.
Election of the Senate
In the election of the Senate 54 of the 81 members were to re-determine, for a term of eight years. The other 27 members were elected in 2006 and are still 2015 ( Election 2014) in office. To choose were two people in each of the 26 states and the Federal District. Each elector had two votes, were voted the two candidates with the most votes.
The seats in the Senate allocated as follows on the parties. Red -backed parties included in the presidential election the electoral alliance to Dilma and the PT at blue -backed parties the Alliance of José Serra and the PSDB; for the Senate elections even these parties were, however, partially independently or in different electoral coalitions.
Election of the Chamber of Deputies
The 513 deputies of the Câmara dos Deputados were elected in separate number in the states and the Federal District. The number of representatives to be elected in each state representatives depends on the population, although small states are over-represented and large states. Thus, in Roraima on a 33,950 Members entitled to vote, in São Paulo there are 432 710.
The seats are allocated as follows among the parties. It lists only those parties that have won seats. The change in the number of seats based on the 2006 election result, not the deviant faction exchange through which state immediately before the election. Red -backed parties included in the presidential election the electoral alliance to Dilma and the PT at blue -backed parties the Alliance of José Serra and the PSDB; for elections to the Chamber of Deputies, even these parties were, however, partially independently or in different electoral coalitions.
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