What is 2006 Brazilian general election?
[[File:2006 Brazil Presidential Elections, Round 2.svg|thumb|right|250px|The second round results]] '''General elections''' were held in [[Brazil]] on 1 October 2006 to elect the president, [[National Congress of Brazil|National Congress]] and [[List of current state governors in Brazil|state governors]], with a second round of the presidential election on 29 October as no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the first round. Then-President [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] was running for re-election against [[São Paulo]] [[Governor of São Paulo|Governor]] [[Geraldo Alckmin]]. Though Lula was expected to win in the first round with a large majority, the President only won 48.7% to Alckmin's 41.6%, causing a second round of voting.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-10-02|title=Election runoff for Lula|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/03/brazil.mainsection|access-date=2020-12-05|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Despite becoming popular because of his [[Bolsa Família]] program, Lula da Silva's popularity shrank because of the scandal ''Dossiergate'' which involved his party's leadership. This allowed Alckmin to increase his popularity in the polls in the weeks before the runoff.<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 September 2006|title=Brazilian Justice Indicts Six Close Aides of Lula for Dossiergate|url=https://www.brazzil.com/7299-brazilian-justice-indicts-six-close-aides-of-lula-for-dossiergate/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=brazzil|language=en-US}}</ref> However, Lula won in a [[landslide victory|landslide]] in the second round with 60.83%, with Alckmin winning 39.17%, a lower vote percentage than he did in the first round.<ref>{{Cite news|last=MacSwan|first=Angus|date=2006-10-29|title=Brazil's Lula wins second term with landslide|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-election-idUSN1233058620061029|access-date=2020-12-05}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category:Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] [[Category:2006 elections]] [[Category:2000s in Brazil]]