Brazil’s 2022 election will be the largest in history in terms of the total number of candidates

A total of 25,941 candidacies have been admitted, meaning they will run unopposed in the elections.

This year, 29,260 candidates filed their candidacies for 1,627 seats for the county, state, federal, Senate, gubernatorial, and presidential representatives.

An increase of 175 candidates compared to the 2018 ballot.

However, because 1,818 candidacies were deemed ineligible to run, the number of postulants dropped to 27,442.

Of those, 1,157 petitions were denied on appeal, 275 are still being heard, 67 were granted on appeal, and two petitions did not become known on appeal.

CLEAN RECORDS ACT

The main reason for the cancellation or rejection of candidacy was the absence of a requirement for registration, which was the case for 1,587 candidates.

In 332 cases, the reason was rejection by the candidate’s party or coalition, and 189 candidates were disqualified from candidacy by the Ficha Limpa Law (LC 64/90).

Abuse of power (9), illegal use of funds (3), vote buying (2), and prohibited behavior (2) were the other reasons for cancellation or rejection of candidacy.

PARTIES

President Jair Bolsonaro’s party (PL, right), which is seeking reelection, is the party with the most candidates for the Oct. 2 ballot, with 1,618 nominations.

Legends União Brasil (1,546), Republicans (1,461), MDB (1,401) and PDT (1,369) complete the top 5 list (see below for the full list).

The Unidad Popular pelo Socialismo (UP) party of presidential candidate Leonardo Péricles, founded in 2016 and officially registered in 2019, is the party with the fewest candidates in this year’s contest, with a total of 68 candidates.

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