Brazilian presidential election, 1994

Brazilian general election, 1994

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Candidate Fernando Henrique Cardoso Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Enéas Carneiro Party PSDB PT PRONA Home state São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo Running mate Marco Maciel Aloizio Mercadante Roberto Gama States carried 25 + DF 1 0 Popular vote 34,362,726 17,116,579 4,671,474 Percentage 54.3% 27.0% 7.4%
Presidential election results map after voting: Blue denotes states won by Cardoso Red denotes states won by Lula
President before election Itamar Franco PMDB Elected President Fernando Henrique Cardoso PSDB

Itamar Franco
PMDB

Fernando Henrique Cardoso
PSDB

General elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 1994. The presidential elections were won by Fernando Henrique Cardoso of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (and also supported by the Liberal Front Party and the Brazilian Labour Party), who received 54.3% of the vote. Cardoso won the election by a margin of 27.3%, the largest in Brazilian history to date, and the first of his two landslide victories. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party remained the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.