Brazilian general election, 2018
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The next Brazilian general elections are scheduled for October 2018, and will elect the President and Vice President, the National Congress, state Governors and Vice Governors and state Legislative Assemblies.
The previous presidential elections in Brazil were held in October 2014. Supported by the centre-left Workers' Party, Dilma Rousseff was re-elected in the second round of voting with 51.6% of the vote, against 48.4% for her main challenger, Aécio Neves of the centre-rightBrazilian Social Democracy Party. Rousseff was first elected in the 2010 elections, succeeding her political mentor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was in office from 2003 until 2011.
Later, on 3 December 2015, impeachment proceedings against Rousseff were officially accepted by the Chamber of Deputies. On 12 May 2016, the Federal Senate temporarily suspended Rousseff's powers and duties for up to six months or until the Senate reached a verdict: to remove her from office if found guilty or to acquit her from the crimes charged. Vice President Michel Temer, of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, assumed her powers and duties as Acting President of Brazil during the suspension. On 31 August 2016, the Senate voted 61–20 in favor of impeachment, finding Rousseff guilty of breaking budgetary laws and removing her from office. Vice President Temer succeeded Rousseff as the 37th President of Brazil.
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