Polarization: Lula da Silva and Bolsonaro concentrated 91.6% of valid votes
In the most polarized presidential election since re-democratization, former socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, left) and conservative President Jair Bolsonaro (PL, right) concentrated 91.6% of the valid votes (not counting white and invalid ballots).
Minority candidates, those with less than 5%, had 8.4%.
The information comes from PoderData.
Simone Tebet (MDB) and Ciro Gomes (PDT) are part of the percentage and received 4.2% and 3%, respectively.
Before 2022, the election closest to this result was 2006, when da Silva ran against former São Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin (PSB).
They received 90.2% of the valid votes in the first round, Lula da Silva 48.6%, and Alckmin 41.6%.
Alckmin was re-elected in the second round with 60.8% of the valid votes.
Today, da Silva and Alckmin are on the same presidential ticket. Together, they enter the second round with 48.4% of valid votes.
With information from Poder360
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