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| PSDB Presidential primaries, 2018 | ||||
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| 17 to 28 February, 2018 | ||||
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| Nominee | Aécio Neves | Jair Bolsonaro | ||
| Home state | Minas Gerais | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| States carried | 27+D.F | 0 | ||
| Popular vote | 9,001,786 | 958,571 | ||
| Percentage | 90,38% | 9,62% | ||
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| Primarie election results map. | ||||
PSDB presidential primaries, 2018 it was the seventh primary election for PSDB presidency. held from 17 to 28 February to determine the party's candidate for president of Brazil in the eighth presidential election of Brazil after the country's re-democratization. The election was disputed in all states of Brazil plus the Federal District.
The Brazilian Head of State, Aécio Neves and the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Jair Bolsonaro. Due to the ownership of the President of the Republic of Neves, he easily won the primary with 9 million votes for Bolsonaro's 2,400,000.
It was the second time that the election was disputed between Neves and Bolsonaro, cherishing one of the biggest rivalries within the Party (PSDB).
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Alleged corruption in the Neves government[]
Since 2009, Aécio Neves was involved in alleged corruption scandals such as in 2010 when he supported voters to vote for him.
In 2015, already as President of the Republic of Brazil, he was involved in a corruption scandal along with Joesley Batista (Brazilian businessman). This sparked major protests against the snowy government, fueling government opposition. The deputy Sérgio Moro gave a proposal for a law to create the lava jet, but with 2 votes in the senate he was refused.