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Brazil 2022 Presidential Election

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by 50.90% to 49.10% in Brazil's closest presidential runoff of the democratic era. The election took place after sustained attacks on electronic voting. Those attacks are documented: the TSE later found Bolsonaro abused political power and misused media in an official event aimed at discrediting the system, and in September 2025 the Supreme Federal Court convicted him of leading an armed criminal organisation that attempted a coup to prevent the elected government from taking office, sentencing him to 27 years and 3 months in a judgment that became final on 25 November 2025. The acts the court relied on include the use of the Federal Highway Police to hinder voters' travel on run-off day. The count-manipulation claims are a separate question. TCU comparisons of physical ballot bulletins, published records and integrity tests found no divergence, the TSE rejected the Liberal Party's post-election challenge for lack of supporting indications, and in October 2025 the Supreme Federal Court convicted the president of the institute that produced the report behind that challenge, which the rapporteur called false, of taking part in the plot's criminal organisation.