In Brazil this year the positions of President of the Republic are in dispute; in addition to electing 27 governors, 27 senators, 513 federal deputies, 1,035 state deputies and 24 district deputies
Jair Bolsonaro leads the elections in Brazil, with 52% of the votes counted. According to the real-time count made by the Electoral Court of that country, the current president, who aspires to re-election, had 29,079,829 votes as of 7:38 pm (local time), equivalent to more than 46% of the votes in his favor.
Bolsonaro is followed by Luis Inácio Lula Da Silva with 28,175,139 of the votes, that is, 44.87% of the votes. The also former president of Brazil is two points below his main opponents.
The polling stations started the day at 8:00 am and closed at 5:00 pm (local time). 156.4 million voters were summoned to elect the president, governors, deputies, a third of the Senate and renew the regional legislative assemblies.
In the event that none of the candidates reaches more than half of the valid votes, the two most voted will have to face each other in a second round scheduled for October 30.
Good turnout in Brazil
The president of the Electoral Court (TSE) of Brazil, Alexandre de Moraes, highlighted the influx of citizens to the elections in Brazil on the afternoon of October 2, in which, among other positions, it will also be decided who will be the new ruler.
In a presentation at the TSE headquarters, Moraes said that Brazilian democracy is experiencing its best moment in its history. “Electoral justice reaffirms its role as a constitutional instrument for the safe and transparent exercise of democratic elections and respect for the popular will,” he added.
In a brief speech, he stressed that the vote that the voter deposits in the ballot box goes to the voted candidate. “The Electoral Justice reaffirms the transparency, security and auditability of electronic voting machines,” he declared.
In a subsequent press conference, de Moraes highlighted the good behavior of the electorate and the effectiveness of the electoral process. “We have noticed a calm climate, however, interferences happen in all elections and that is normal. Calm has been maintained in all states », he specified.
“We are going to total the votes today and we are going to disclose them today. The voters will know the results today », she pointed out.
#BrazilDecides | President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal: The day unfolds calmly… we hope from five o’clock to start with the totalization of the ballot boxes, including those that are abroad → https://t.co/tqMKHfly0C pic.twitter.com/YUT1pfXqv7
– teleSUR TV (@teleSURtv) October 2, 2022
Elections in Brazil
This Sunday, October 2, some 156,454,011 Brazilians will go to the polls to elect their new political representatives. This year the positions of President of the Republic are in dispute, to which President Jair Bolsonaro aspires to re-election and to repeat the mandate of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; in addition to electing 27 governors, 27 senators, 513 federal deputies, 1,035 state deputies and 24 district deputies.
Bolsonaro voted in the morning hours. He said he is sure that he will win the elections in the first round. He exercised the right to vote in a polling station in the Military Village of Rio de Janeiro, dressed in a yellow sports shirt with a green collar and the national flag printed on the chest, and apparently wearing a bulletproof vest underneath it.
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“We are calm in the first round, the elections are decided today,” Bolsonaro said in brief statements to journalists.
On Saturday, October 1, the results of some voting intention surveys were published, in which the current president is fourteen points below the favorite candidate, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In the event that none of the candidates reaches more than half of the valid votes, the two most voted will have to face each other in a second round scheduled for October 30.
On this day, which began at 8:00 am (local time) and will close at 5:00 pm, some 156 million voters are called to elect the president, the 27 governors, the 513 deputies, a third of the Senate and renew the representatives in the regional legislative assemblies.
what lula says
Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva voted in Sao Bernardo do Campo, a city in the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo where he began his political career, and stated that the country needs to “recover the right to be happy.”
“The country needs to recover the right to be happy. We want a country that lives in peace, with hope and that believes in the future,” Lula told reporters after voting at a public school in that town, where he arrived thirteen minutes after the polling stations opened in the country.
Lula said that they are the “most important” elections for him, who governed for two terms, between 2003 and 2010, after having lost the elections in 1989, 1994 and 1998.
In his statement, he criticized the management during the pandemic of the current president, Jair Bolsonaro, who is seeking re-election. Lula voted accompanied by his wife, Rosângela da Silva, known as “Janja”, and some members of the progressive Workers’ Party (PT).
The promises of Bolsonaro and Lula for Brazil
Jair Bolsonaro, 67, is running for re-election under the conservative Liberal Party. He has campaigned to increase mining, privatize public companies and generate more sustainable energy to reduce prices. He has promised to continue paying a monthly benefit of R$600 (approximately US$110) known as Auxilio Brasil.
According to CNN, his government is known for its support for the ruthless exploitation of the land in the Amazon, leading to record numbers of deforestation. Environmentalists warn that the future of the rainforest could be at stake in this election.
Lula, 76, has promised a new fiscal regime that will allow greater public spending, ending hunger in the country, which has returned during the Bolsonaro government. Lula also assured that he will work to reduce carbon emissions and deforestation in the Amazon.
A president for two consecutive terms in Brazil, from 2003 to 2011, he has focused his campaign on removing Bolsonaro from office and has highlighted his past achievements throughout his campaign. He left office with a 90% approval rating in 2011 and is largely credited with lifting millions of Brazilians out of extreme poverty through the “Bolsa Familia” welfare program.
With information from EFE
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