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2014 Brazilian general election
2014 Brazilian general election: two-round voting October 5 and 26, 2014 for president, senators, governors, and deputies. Dilma Rousseff (PT) narrowly reelected with 51.64% over Aécio Neves (PSDB), the tightest margin in Brazilian presidential history.
2018 Brazilian general election
The 2018 Brazilian general election was a two-round vote in which Jair Bolsonaro defeated Fernando Haddad for president with 55.1 percent, in a shift from left to right.
2022 Brazilian general election
2022 Brazilian general election (2 and 30 October 2022): Lula defeated incumbent Bolsonaro 50.90% to 49.10% in a runoff; 79.41% runoff turnout; TSE-administered electronic voting, OAS and Carter Center found the election fairly conducted.
2024 Brazilian municipal elections
Brazil's 2024 municipal elections (Eleições municipais de 2024) elected mayors, deputy mayors and councilors in 5,569 municipalities on October 6 and 27, 2024; the center and center-right, led by the PSD, won most mayoralties.
2026 Rio de Janeiro general election
2026 Rio de Janeiro general election: state-level races of Brazil's October 4, 2026 general election. After Cláudio Castro's ineligibility and an indirect stopgap mandate, Bolsonarista police officer Douglas Ruas was declared governor-elect following Garotinho's annulled candidacy.
2026 São Paulo general election
The 2026 São Paulo general election took place in Brazil on October 4, 2026. Tarcísio de Freitas was reelected governor, and the presidential race went to a runoff.
Attempted assassination of Jair Bolsonaro
Stabbing attack on Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, 6 September 2018, in Juiz de Fora, by Adélio Bispo de Oliveira; he acted alone per Federal Police inquiries, was acquitted as legally insane, and Bolsonaro won the 2018 election.
Flávio Bolsonaro 2026 presidential campaign
Flávio Bolsonaro's 2026 Brazilian presidential campaign: the PL senator and Jair Bolsonaro's eldest son, designated in December 2025, formalized July 25, 2026, and took 47% to Lula's 45% in the October 4 first round, forcing an October 25 runoff.