Elections in Brazil: what is elected besides president and vice
Today congressmen and governors will be elected from the states that must renew authorities, including Sao Paulo, the richest and most populous, where the left aims to win for the first time in history. Precisely, Lula Da Silva is from there, which is why he has focused on improving the presence and performance of the PT in that region.
A victory for the former president would represent a new shift to the left of the largest country in Latin America and its first economy, and the return to power of the Workers’ Party (PT), after four years of far-right Bolsonaro and the scandals that have shaken to the politics of that country.
What is at stake in the elections in Brazil 2022
Brazilian politics is plagued by chronic fragmentation – a score of groups populate the Congress – but for the first time the parties will be able to group into federations, which must remain united for at least four years.
More than 10,000 candidates will seek a seat in the Chamber of Deputies and 241 in the Senate, the highest figures since the first years of democracy, at the end of the 1980s. This is due to the multiplicity and variety of parties, atomized in recent years, although alliances have been established with the two More than 85% of federal deputies and 20 of the 27 governors will seek re-election, with a high probability of success, according to analysts.
In total they are 1,627 positions to be filled in these electionsto which more than 156 million Brazilians are invited.
In addition to the president and vice president, there will be elected the governors of the 27 states (including the Federal District of Brasilia), the 513-seat Chamber of Deputies and a third of the 81-seat Senate, as well as the state legislative assemblies.
In the presidential and gubernatorial elections, a second round is scheduled for October 30, when the candidates do not obtain an absolute majority of the valid votes. In this case, the second round is scheduled for next October 30. The mandates are of four years, except for the senators, of eight.
They will also seek to repeat in office 13 of the 27 senators, including former soccer star Romario, candidate for the Bolsonarist Freedom Party (PL).
The left, with the PT in the lead, could grow from the current 121 seats to around 150, while the “Centrao” and the Bolsonaristas will compete for the most conservative electorate, according to analysts.
Of the more than 28,000 candidates, the majority define themselves as mestizos or blacks (50.3%), a first. This boom is possibly driven by another novelty of this election: for the distribution of public campaign funds to the parties, each vote of women and black candidates will count for two, due to an electoral amendment to promote greater representation in parliament.
Sao Paulo: the PT goes for the historic victory
The PT has never won the governorship of the state of Sao Paulo, home to one in five Brazilians and the country’s economic engine, but its candidate, Fernando Haddadtops the polls.
The former mayor of Sao Paulo is one of the leaders closest to Lulaso much so that he was the representative of the space in the 2018 presidential elections, with 35% of the voting intentions in favor.
follow him Tarcísio de Freitas (26%), a former Bolsonaro minister, and the current center-right governor Rodrigo Garcia (18%)according to a Datafolha poll on Thursday.
Haddad has the support of former São Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin, a conservative Catholic who is now Lula’s running mate, which could open holes in the historic anti-Petism of São Paulo and attract less ideological voters.
Source: Ambito
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