Brazilian presidential election, 1990 (Portuguese Butterfly)

The 30th presidential election in Brazil was held on two dates in a two-round system. It was defined between 7th and 21st October of 1990. The victorious candidate was MDB's Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

The 1990's elections were defined by many sociologists and political scientists as one of the tighest elections since 1974, since the country was widely defined between four big candidates, the consul Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Rio's former governor, and Brizola's nominated successor, Darcy Ribeiro, the TV owner and former senator Sílvio Santos, and the former Federal Deputy, Lula da Silva.

Other candidates were the Broad Front leader and governor of Cisplatina, Líber Seregni, in his last presidential bid, the former governor of Palmares, Fernando Collor, Consul of São Paulo, Mário Covas, former Mayor of São Paulo, Paulo Maluf, governor of São Pedro, Pedro Simon, and former Consul of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado.