1994 Brazilian general election

Election results

General elections were held in Brazil on October 3, 1994. President Fernando Collor of the centre-right National Reconstruction Party (PRN) had resigned during an impeachment trial, causing Vice President Itamar Franco to replace him.[1]

Minister of Finance Fernando Henrique Cardoso,[2][3] was chosen by the PSDB as their presidential candidate with Chief of Staff Marco Maciel of the Liberal Front Party (PFL) as the running mate.[4]

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former labor leader and federal deputy for São Paulo who had narrowly lost the 1989 presidential election, resigned as president of the Workers' Party (PT) to run for a second presidential candidacy.[5]

On election day, Cardoso won by an absolute majority, winning 54.28% of the vote. Cardoso won every state in the northeast.[6] Lula da Silva won 27.04% of the vote. Far-right cardiologist Enéas Carneiro came in third, winning 7.38% of the vote.

References

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  1. ↑ The Associated Press (4 July 2011). "Itamar Franco, Former President of Brazil, Dies at 81". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ Almanaque Abril, 28ª ed, 1995
  3. ↑ SAYAD, João. Observações sobre o Plano Real. Est. Econ. São Paulo. Vol. 25, Nº Especial, págs. 7-24, 1995-6
  4. ↑ "Brazil's new Embraer 70-seat jet rivals small Boeing, Airbus planes". Waterloo Region Record. 30 October 2001. p. C8. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Lula's legacy for Brazil's next president". BBC News. 2010-09-30. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  6. ↑ Lapper, Richard (2018-07-03). "It's Lula Forever in Brazil's Northeast". Americas Quarterly. Retrieved 2020-12-02.