What is 1998 Brazilian general election?
[[File:1998 Brazil Presidential Elections, Round 1.svg|thumb|right|250px|Election results]] '''General elections''' were held in [[Brazil]] on 4 October 1998 to elect the President, [[National Congress of Brazil|National Congress]] and [[List of current state governors in Brazil|state governorships]]. The election saw [[Elections in Brazil#The Brazilian voting machines|voting machines]] used for the first time in Brazilian history. [[President of Brazil|President]] [[Fernando Henrique Cardoso]] of the centre-right [[Brazilian Social Democratic Party]] (PSDB) and [[Vice President of Brazil|Vice President]] [[Marco Maciel]] of the conservative [[Liberal Front Party]] (PFL) were running for re-election.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2004-06-23|title=Leonel Brizola, 82; Brazilian Politician|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jun-23-me-brizola23-story.html|access-date=2020-12-02|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] of the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] (PT), a former [[labor leader]] and [[Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)|federal deputy]], ran for the presidency for a third time.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Boas|first=Taylor C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vIIHDgAAQBAJ&q=lula+1998&pg=PA119|title=Presidential Campaigns in Latin America: Electoral Strategies and Success Contagion|date=2016-03-04|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-316-54626-0|language=en}}</ref> Lula had previously run for the presidency in both [[1989 Brazilian presidential election|1989]], where he lost to [[Fernando Collor de Mello|Fernando Collor]], and [[1994 Brazilian general election|1994]], where he lost to Cardoso. Lula chose [[Leonel Brizola]] of the [[Democratic Labour Party (Brazil)|Democratic Labour Party]] (PDT) as his running mate. [[Ciro Gomes]], a populist who was [[List of current state governors in Brazil|Governor]] of [[Ceará]] and as [[Ministry of Finance (Brazil)|Minister of Finance]] during the [[Itamar Franco]] administration, also ran for president.<ref>{{Cite