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Brazil 2018 Presidential Election
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Brazilian presidential election October 2018. Jair Bolsonaro (PSL, later PL) won the runoff with 55% against PT's Fernando Haddad.
Brazil 2018 Presidential Election is one of the tracked elections shaping power in Brazil.
Year
2018
Country
Brazil
Candidates
2
Outcome in context
Brazil 2018 Presidential Election is one of the tracked elections shaping power in Brazil.
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Government type
Federal presidential constitutional republic
Capital
Brasilia
Legislature
National Congress (Chamber of Deputies and Federal Senate)
Executive
Directly elected president serving four-year terms with one possible re-election. Multi-party coalitional presidentialism requiring broad congressional alliances to govern effectively.
