Brazil presidential election, 2006 (President Dukakis)

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Brazil Presidential Election, 2006
Octuber 1, 2006
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Brazil presidential election, 2006 was held on October 1, 2006 , on Sundays. It was the country's 6th presidential election after the 1988 Federal Constitution promulgated. It was the first time that a candidate from the Workers' Party won an election.

The election was marked by José Serra being in favor of the death penalty in one of the election debates. José Alencar said that: '' This is admissible for human rights '', Marco Maciel ended up not getting into the case. . It was also marked by a recount in Minas Gerais, where Serra claimed to have been a fraud. The Minas Election was recounted and Alencar won. The candidate José Alencar, from the Worker's Party, was elected President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, to take office on March 15, 2007.

The 2006 election was the first election with fake news records on news sites. The first one being more famous: José Alencar will increase taxes. It was also the first time that the term ''PSDB-PT Polarization'' became popular and entered the mouth of newspapers in Brazil when the subject is politics.

Backroud[]

Fhc-color — President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC), His second term expired at noon on March 15, 2007

since 1993, the re-election of the Chief Executive and his deputy was prohibited for the immediately following election, and the terms of the latter were changed by constitutional amendments No. 5, 1992, vetoing re-election, and No. 16, 1994, which now allows only once for a subsequent term and without restriction for a non-consecutive election. Thus, President FHC could not be elected 3 times (just like previous presidents).

His end of term was marked by the 2006 crisis, which brought his popularity down as well as his party. Making it famous with: Tucano da Crise (In english: Toucan of Crisis).

PSDB nomination[]

Due to the great crisis of 2006, the PSDB ended up losing popularity by its voters. Only 4 candidates competed for the primary. The vice-president Marco Maciel was the great and main candidate. He promised to stop the crisis in Brazil. He ended up winning on May 19, 2006 when he won for 20 states against the candidate, winning 4 million votes.

Marco Maciel ended up being the main successor to the incumbent President Ferando Henrique Cardoso (FHC) due to being from the same party. On June 1 he named José Serra as his candidate for vice.

Marco Maciel became the first vice president to run for Brazil's elections after the re-democratization.

PT nomiation[]

The Workers' Parties had gained strength with FHC's unpopularity. And with that, several candidates or even artists applied for the primaries. Candidate Lula (who participated in the 1989,1994,1998 and 2002 elections) gave up his fifth candidacy, but before that, he nominated his great ally José Alencar as his candidate for the elections. Because he was a popular governor of mines and an ally of Lula, he ended up gaining a lot of support. Participating in events with Lula do PT. She was known for being a calm, smart and patient candidate in the primaries.

Alencar ended up winning 23 states plus the federal district. He won 6.5 million votes. On May 28, he chose his ally Lula as his candidate for vice. Alencar became the biggest opposition figure of the FHC government and also of the toucan José Serra. At 74, Alencar became the oldest candidate in the history of Brazil's elections.

Lula ended up saying that Alencar will be a great president of the Republic. And that he will make a Brasil Grande again.

Others[]

Brazilian Democratic Movement[]

The Brazilian Democratic Movement ended up being divided by Michel Temer and Ibsen Pinheiro. Who were in disagreement and party chairman. Ibsen ended up losing strength for the party, which in May 10, 2006, Michel Temer was appointed by the Party. Days later, he did not even consider his ally, Meireles as his deputy candidate. Temer ended up becoming a great candidate for the party.

Michel Temer was the richest elected candidate and spent the most for his candidacy for the party, which made it a great advantage of winning the party's primaries.

By the public, Temer had a little popularity, due to some cases of corruption and due to low popularity. But like any candidate, he was confident of winning the election or at least staying in the second round.

Result[]

Election 2006 of Brazil (President Dukakis)

Due to the high popularity of José Alencar and his deputy Lula, Alencar ended up winning 15 states, while Serra got 11 with more than the federal district. Alencar was the candidate who had the most political allies in the election, with support from the PSB and PCdoB .

Popular vote

Alencar			51.92%
Maciel			45.55%
Temer			2.03%
Enéas			0.49%

With the high influence and promises to end the crisis in the country, Alencar ended up winning all the states in the northeast. Marciel ended up winning all the states in the south and midwest, due to the PSDB's great influence. Marciel ended up winning all the states in the south and midwest, due to the PSDB's great influence.

Despite being born in Pernambuco, Marciel ended up losing his home state with a difference of 14,192 votes.

Presidential candidate		Running Mate	Party	Popular vote
Presidential candidate		Running Mate	Party	Count	Pct
	José Alencar	Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva	Woker's Party	48,548,388	51,93%
	Marco Maciel	José Serra	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	42,582,429	45,55%
	Michel Temer	Henrique Meireles	Brazilian Democratic Movement	1,896,485	2,03%
	Enéas Carneiro	Carlos Antônio Gomes	National Renovating Alliance Party	459,484	0,49%

Recount in Minas Gerais[]

Cartoon by Jorge Danis on the purchase of mining votes. The two hands holding Minas Gerais, mean the two politicians of the two largest parties in Brazil (PT and PSDB). The third hand means the purchase of a vote that followed a money.

Days after Alencar's victory as president of Brazil, on October 11, some people began to be suspicious of the election of minas gerais due to allegations of vote buying between both candidates (Marciel and Alencar). The electoral justice he ended up recounting all the votes in minas gerais and conducting an investigation of vote purchases.

Between the days of vote counting, the federal police ended up arresting 74 suspects over vote buying.

Serra's provocations and the press[]

Serra ended up saying in a Roda Viva program that Alencar was a Corrupt Petista, due (according to him): Most of the votes cast were from the workers' party. Alencar ended up saying in an interview that he had no involvement in the purchase of votes and that he then said that: Serra must not know my homeland.

Broadcaster networks such as SBT and Rede Globo managed to catch sight of the suspects of the vote purchase, helping the investigation of the federal police. The Reporter Roberto Cabrini began to do some investigations on his programs.

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