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 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Pt), won the ballot with 50.83% of the votes

(59.596.247), against 49.17% of Bolsonaro (57.675.427) and became President for
the third time. Lula beat the current head of state, Jair Bolsonaro (PL, right)
and the Higher Electoral Tribunal officially declared the victory, with 98.86% .
Bolsonaro is the first incumbent president to lose the elections, after a
dramatic election campaign, which saw the murder of militants from Lula's Party.
The divided country and the opposition control the administrations of many of the
most populous states, a clear sign of the strength of clientelism in society. To
understand what is happening it is therefore necessary to retrace the entire
process of these elections

The results of the first round of elections

On 2 October, political elections were held in the 26 federal states and in the
Federal and Judicial District, entities of which the country is made up. At the
same time it was voted to elect the President of the Republic, but it was
necessary to resort to the second round. In Brazil, the executive is headed by
the head of state, elected for a four-year term, with the possibility of
re-election; he appoints the government and has the power to propose laws.
Legislative power falls within the competence of the National Congress, formed by
the Chamber of Deputies of 513 members elected every 4 years and by the Senate of
81 members who remain in office for 8 years.
In the first round he had seen Lula in the lead with 49% and Bolzonaro second
with 44%; the first with 67% of the votes and the second with 43% of the
preferences. Between the two a difference of 6 million votes. The first round
voting map highlighted a Brazil split in two: red (for Lula) in the north-eastern
states, and blue (for Bolsonaro) in the central-southern ones. The two are the
expression of antithetical visions of the country: Lula had won in 14 states, the
poorest and most rural ones, winning the support of the working class, women and
young people. The opponent had made a suspicion of corruption weigh on him,
despite the fact that his convictions in the Lava Jato investigation had been
overturned, demonstrating the private interest of the prosecutor who had
investigated him.
on the environment, and the massive deforestation of the Amazon, sponsored by
Bolsonaro. The future destiny of the largest green lung on the planet was
therefore inextricably linked to his election.
The outgoing President, a former army captain, had won in 14 states, thanks to
the support of voters controlled by the Evancelical Churches, supporters of the
"theology of prosperity"[1]and in favor of the insane exploitation of the
country's natural resources; they represent a third of the electorate in large
cities and in the agribusiness sector.
Bolsonaro concentrated his strategy on the defense of "moral" values (God,
country, family) and on the attacks on his opponent, whom he defined as "a thief"
and an "ex-prisoner".
The polarity of the vote and the harshness of the confrontation testify to the
fact that these presidential elections were important for the future of Brazil,
for the political balance on the continent and in the rest of the world since the
end of the dictatorship.

The country goes right

The party of the outgoing President won the legislative, with the result that the
House and Senate will still have a right-wing majority, proof of this is that
some of Bolsonaro's supporters, such as the former health minister, Eduardo
Pazuello and his former minister of ' Ricardo Salles environment were elected.
Bolsonaro's Liberal Party elected at least 99 MPs, bringing home the best result
in 24 years, turning the National Congress into the most conservative in the
country's democratic history. This is why Lula's government promises to be
difficult: as has already happened in other Latin American countries and beyond,
the far right is deeply rooted in Brazilian society, and it can be said that
Bolsonarian populism represents a constant and real danger.
The abstention rate, which rose from 20.3% in 2018 to the current 20.94, weighed
on the outcome of the first round vote - despite the fact that voting is
mandatory - mainly damaging the parties close to Lula. Therefore, although there
is still a battle for the attribution of government posts, the game is over for
the next four years. Among the 513 federal deputies elected to the Chamber on
October 2, some parties predominate such as União Brasil, Partido Progressistas
(Pp) and Partido Liberal (Pl) of Bolsonaro. A smaller number of seats for the
others, such as the Partido Democrático Trabalhista (Pdt), the Partido dos
Trabalhadores (Pt) and Socialismo e Liberdade (PSol). The candidate of the Minas
Gerais section of the Partido Liberal (Pl) Nikolas Ferreira, famous youtuber
supporter of Bolsonaro who got 1, received the most votes. 492,047 votes.
Following him, with a gap of almost half a million votes, Guilherme Boulos,
leader of social movements who ran with the PSol for the State of Sao Paulo, who
scored just over a million votes. The Partido Liberal of Bolsonaro is the most
voted among deputies and senators - who today occupy 129 seats compared to the 43
they had in the previous legislature - with a record increase of 200% in
preferences compared to 2018. The formation of Lula, on the other hand, the Pt,
collapses from 118 to 85 deputies. Following this, União Brasil, Movimento
Democrático Brasileiro (Mdb) and Progressistas (Pp) secured most of the seats.
which scored just over a million votes. The Partido Liberal of Bolsonaro is the
most voted among deputies and senators - who today occupy 129 seats compared to
the 43 they had in the previous legislature - with a record increase of 200% in
preferences compared to 2018. The formation of Lula, on the other hand, the Pt,
collapses from 118 to 85 deputies. Following this, União Brasil, Movimento
Democrático Brasileiro (Mdb) and Progressistas (Pp) secured most of the seats.
which scored just over a million votes. The Partido Liberal of Bolsonaro is the
most voted among deputies and senators - who today occupy 129 seats compared to
the 43 they had in the previous legislature - with a record increase of 200% in
preferences compared to 2018. The formation of Lula, on the other hand, the Pt,
collapses from 118 to 85 deputies. Following this, União Brasil, Movimento
Democrático Brasileiro (Mdb) and Progressistas (Pp) secured most of the seats.
Despite these disappointing results for the left, the "pink quotas" in the
Chamber of Deputies have improved among those elected, where, compared to 2018,
18% more women are registered. Among the 513 deputies elected to the Congresso
Nacional, there are a total of 91 women, and in the lower house, for the first
time in history, there will also be two transgender deputies: Erika Hilton
(PSol), elected with more than 256 thousand votes in the college of San Paolo,
and Duda Salabert (Pdt) of Minas Gerais, with over 208 thousand votes. The two
candidates already had political posts in their respective states before reaching
the Chamber
low of Parliament. Indigenous representation has also gained space. Sônia
Guajajara (PSol) was elected with more than 156 thousand votes, Célia Xakriabá
(PSol), with 101 thousand votes, and the Bolsonarian Silvia Waiãpi (Pl), who
obtained more than 5 thousand votes in her state of Amapa. In the federal Senate,
of the 27 newly elected members who make up a third of the upper house - made up
of 81 seats - as many as 20 have some connection or sympathy for the outgoing
president. These results show that the representation of minorities does not
always belong to the left and that the right knows how to speak to the "belly" of
the country.
Coinciding with the second round, the voters chose the governor in 12 states out
of 26, namely in Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul,
Paraiba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Santa Catarina, San Paolo and
Sergipe. This game seems to have been won in the majority by the candidates of
the right. For
recover political space and consensus Lula has promised the elected governors
that if he wins there will be a collaboration between the central government and
the peripheral authorities and has toned down the tone of his electoral campaign.
With this aperturist strategy, while not yielding anything on his program, he
managed to win the support of Simone Tebet, a liberal Catholic and leader of the
centrist "third way", who invited his almost five million voters to vote for Lula
at the second. shift. The leader of the Brazilian Democratic Movement, of
Catholic inspiration, despite having always opposed the communists of Lula and
having supported the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the party mate who succeeded
Lula, has chosen to converge on Lula to oppose the evangelicals who are the main
enemies of the Catholics from whom they continue to steal
faithful, thus playing an important role in the President's victory.
The support of Simone Tabet was important not only for the votes she may have
brought, but also because she is the leading exponent of the agronomic sector
(the agri-food sector) of the industry in the State of Mato Grosso del Sud since
where she comes from.
In the first statements after the victory, Lula said that "in one of the most
important elections in her history there is only one winner" and that "It is not
my victory or that of my party, but of an immense democratic movement. The
majority of the people have made it clear that they want more democracy and not
less. He wants more freedom, more
equality and more fraternity. "
It is quite clear that in the conditions given to the new President, a very
difficult task is up to him if he wants to be able to develop that program of
social reforms that has helped more than 44 million dispossessed in the country
out of absolute poverty, if he wants to restore a future to Brazilian society.
may help it to overcome the millions of deaths of the pandemic not yet tamed and
tackled irresponsibly by its predecessor, if it wants to help save the planet by
at least containing the deforestation of the Amazon. It is possible that his is a
victory of humanity.

1. Prosperity theology preaches the individualistic pursuit of well-being,
socio-economic success and health. Faith is therefore interpreted as a sign of
divine blessing which rewards the aspirations and ambitions of the faithful. The
"theology of prosperity", on the other hand, canonizes a neoliberal and
meritocratic conception according to which wealth would be the sign of a divine
blessing that rewards the faith of the subject with well-being, economic and
social success, health, prosperity precisely. Poverty, sickness, misery,
unhappiness are, on the contrary, expressions of divine judgment and curse, for
which conversion and discipleship towards those who are exalted by God with
wealth is necessary. Therefore, we must not commit ourselves to social changes,
to the redemption of the poor classes,

The Editors

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