What is 2002 Brazilian general election?
[[File:2002 Brazil Presidential Elections, Round 2.svg|thumb|right|260px|Second round results]] '''General elections''' were held in [[Brazil]] on 6 October 2002, with a second round of the presidential election on 27 October. The elections were held during an economic crisis that began under the second term of [[President of Brazil|President]] [[Fernando Henrique Cardoso]]. [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] of the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] (PT), a former labor leader and [[Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)|federal deputy]] for [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], ran for president for a fourth time. Lula had lost [[1989 Brazilian presidential election|1989]], [[1994 Brazilian general election|1994]], and [[1998 Brazilian general election|1998]] presidential elections.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Folha Online - Brasil - Leia íntegra da carta de Lula para acalmar o mercado financeiro - 24/06/2002|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/brasil/ult96u33908.shtml|access-date=2020-12-04|website=www1.folha.uol.com.br}}</ref> Lula chose [[José Alencar]], a [[millionaire]] businessman and [[Brazilian Senate|Senator]] from [[Minas Gerais]] as his running mate.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-04-01|title=José Alencar obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/01/jose-alencar-obituary|access-date=2020-12-04|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Former [[Ministry of Health (Brazil)|Minister of Health]] [[José Serra]] was nominated as the [[Brazilian Social Democracy Party]] presidential nominee.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eleições 2002: uma olhar sobre os presidenciáveis - Política|url=https://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,eleicoes-2002-uma-olhar-sobre-os-presidenciaveis,20011209p41601|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Estadão|language=pt-BR}}</ref> [[Rita Camata]], a [[Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)|federal deputy]] for [[Espírito Santo]] and member of the centrist [[Brazilian Democratic Movement|Brazilian Democratic Movement Party]] (PMDB), was chosen as his running mate. In the first round, Lula came in first place