Lula re-elected as President of Brazil
Monday, October 30, 2006
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been re-elected with more than 60% of the votes against Geraldo Alckmin in Brazilian general elections, 2006.
61-years old Lula received 58,295,042 votes while Alckmin received 37,543,178 votes, or 39.17%.
Lula was the candidate of Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) with support from 5 other parties, the Partido Comunista do Brasil (PCdoB), Partido Republicano Brasileiro (PRB), Partido Liberal (PL), Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB) and Partido Progressista (PP).
Alckmin was the candidate of Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB) with support from three other parties.
In a victory speech, Lula said he would govern for all Brazilians and intensify efforts to alleviate poverty during his second four-year term. Silva promised a much better second term than the first. The President-elect has made income redistribution the priority of his first four years in office.
Lula campaigned on a platform of championing the cause of the country's poor, highlighting a 19 percent decrease in poverty, minimum wage increases and millions of new jobs.
Sources
- "Brazil re-elects President Lula" — BBC News, October 30, 2006
- Monte Reel. "Brazilian leader gets re-elected" — The Seattle Times, October 30, 2006
- "Brasil: Lula!!" — Prauda, October 30, 2006
- "Brazil's President Silva Virtually Assured of Re-Election" — Fox News, October 30, 2006
- Monte Reel. "Brazil's Lula Forced to a Runoff in Reelection Bid" — Washington Post, October 30, 2006
- Rio De Janeiro. "Brazilian president to be reelected in second round: poll" — World News, October 30, 2006
- Tom Hennigan. "Brazil's champion of poor is voted into power again" — Times Online, October 30, 2006
- Roger Burbach. "Lula's Win Keeps Brazil on Its Course far from Washington" — Brazzil Magazine, October 30, 2006
- "Totalização realizada no TSE até às 10h55min do dia 30/10/2006 - sujeito a alteração" — Justiça Eleitoral, October 30, 2006