At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Brazil

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Michel TEMER*
• Head of Government: President Michel TEMER
• Assembly: Brazil has a bicameral National Congress (Congresso Nacional) consisting of the Federal Senate (Senado Federal) with 81 seats and the Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados) with 513 seats.

* The president is both the chief of state and head of government.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term.
• In the Federal Senate (Senado Federal) 81 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 8-year terms.** In the Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados) 513 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

** There are 27 multi-member (3 seats) constituencies corresponding to the country's 26 states and the Federal District. One-third of the senators (27 seats) are elected after a four-year period, and two-thirds (54 seats) are elected after the next four-year period. When two-thirds of the seats are to be renewed, each elector votes for two candidates. When one-third is to be renewed, each elector votes for one candidate.

*** There are 27 multi-member constituencies with district magnitude ranging from 8 to 70 seats, based on population. 

Main candidates in the electoral race:*

• Candidate: Jair BOLSONARO
  • Party: Social Liberal Party / Partido Social Liberal (PSL)
• Fernando HADDAD
  • Party: Workers' Party / Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT)

* The first round was held on 7 October.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 210,867,954 (2018 est.)
• Registered Voters: 147,302,357 (2018)

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 107,268,645 (2018 est.)
• Is Brazil a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (31 March 1981)
• Has Brazil ratified CEDAW: Yes (1 February 1984)
• Gender Quota: Yes (In the Chamber of Deputies)
• Female candidates in this election:
• Number of Female Parliamentarians: 55 (Chamber of Deputies); 12 (Federal Senate)
• Human Development Index Position: 79 (2016)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)

Disability Data:

• Brazil a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
• Brazil ratified CRPD: Yes (1 August 2008)
• Population with a disability: 30,638,972 (2018 est.)