Everything you need to know about the Brazilian elections, the most polarized

First modification: 02/10/2022 – 17:03

– With his more than 260 million inhabitants Brazil is the largest and most important country in Latin America.

– About 156 million voters must participate in the general elections on Sunday, October 2. 53% of voters are women

– The vote is mandatory

– Participate eleven candidates to the presidency of the Republic. seven men Y four women

– 15% of voters they were not sure which of the candidates they would vote for

– Jair Bolsonaro, extreme right. He is 67 years old. After a knife attack that almost cost him his life, he has been operated on six times. He is a retired army captain

– Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. She is 76 years old. It is the sixth time that he has presented himself as a candidate for the presidency. he lost in 1989,1994 and 1998. he won the elections in 2002 and 2006. he is the favorite to win this election.

– Walter Braga Nettoretired army general is Jair Bolsonaro’s vice-presidential candidate

– Paul Geraldo Alckminformer governor of Sao Paulo, is Lula’s vice-presidential candidate

– Lula da Silva passed 580 days in jail after being accused of passive corruption and money laundering in the framework of the “Operation Lava Jato”. Brazilian justice exonerated him of all charges against him in 2021

– To win the presidency it is required to obtain 50% of the valid votes (No nulls or abstentions count). In the event that no candidate obtains that percentage, a second round will take place on October 30 between the two most voted candidates. The same applies to those states where the governor’s position has not been defined in the first round.

– The ones are chosen 27 governors of the Federation, 27 senators (a third of the total), the 513 deputies and others 1059 state deputies

– Of the 513 deputies in office, 446 applied to be re-elected. The vast majority are supporters of Bolsonaro

– The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) is the body in charge of supervising and validating the results of the elections

– Lula da Silva has strong support in the region of the Northeastbut especially in the regions of the Southeastwhich include Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, which concentrate most of the wealth and population.

– Jair Bolsonaro is favorite in the midwest region of the country, dominated by export agriculture. It is the least populated in the country, it has 7.5% of the voter registry

– The population is religious majority catholicbut the weight of evangelicals has grown exponentially. Most of the latter support Bolsonaro

– poverty and hunger grew during the current administration. It is estimated that 15% of the population suffers hunger, about two times more than in 2020

– Jair Bolsonaro dissolved the national food council and nutritional (Consea), in charge of the fight against hunger

– It is estimated that the brazilian economy will grow 2% in 2022 and that inflation fluctuates around 7-8%

– The government of Jair Bolsonaro facilitated measures for the arms sales. Since 2019 it is estimated that these have tripled. More than a million and a half guns were sold in the past 42 months.

– Brazil is the second country in the worldbehind the United States, in number of deaths from Covid-19. Some 700,000 people have died from the pandemic. For this reason, several organizations ask for Jair Bolsonaro to be prosecuted.

– The land invasion indigenous people by large cultivators and landowners skyrocketed in the past three years.

– The deforestation in the Amazon it increased by 50% between 2019 and 2022. A total of 34,000 square kilometers of trees were cut down. Currently the “lung of the world” emits more carbon dioxide than it absorbs.