Lula re-elected as President of Brazil
{{date|October 30, 2006}}
[[Image:Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.jpg|250px|thumb|Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]
Brazilian President [[w:Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] has been re-elected with more than 60% of the votes against [[w:Geraldo Alckmin|Geraldo Alckmin]] in [[w:Brazilian general elections, 2006|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 [[w:Workers' Party (Brazil)|Partido dos Trabalhadores]] (PT) with support from 5 other parties, the [[w:Communist Party of Brazil|Partido Comunista do Brasil]] (PCdoB), [[w:Brazilian Republican Party|Partido Republicano Brasileiro]] (PRB), [[w:Liberal Party (Brazil)|Partido Liberal]] (PL), [[w:Brazilian Socialist Party|Partido Socialista Brasileiro]] (PSB) and [[w:Progressive Party (Brazil)|Partido Progressista]] (PP).

Alckmin was the candidate of [[w:Brazilian Social Democracy Party|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 ==

*{{source|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6095820.stm
|title= Brazil re-elects President Lula
|author=
|pub= BBC News
|date=October 30, 2006}}
*{{source|url= http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003330327_brazil30.html
|title= Brazilian leader gets re-elected
|author= Monte Reel
|pub= The Seattle Times
|date=October 30, 2006}}
*{{source|url= http://english.pravda.ru/world/americas/30-10-2006/85271-lulala-0
|title= Brasil: Lula!!
|author= 
|pub= Prauda
|date=October 30, 2006}}
*{{source|url= http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,216623,00.html?sPage=fnc.world/americas
|title= Brazil's President Silva Virtually Assured of Re-Election
|author= 
|pub= Fox News
|date=October 30, 2006}}
*{{source|url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/01/AR2006100100293.html
|title= Brazil's Lula Forced to a Runoff in Reelection Bid
|author= Monte Reel
|pub= Washington Post
|date=October 30, 2006}}
*{{source|url= http://article.wn.com/view/2006/10/04/Brazilian_president_to_be_reelected_in_second_round_poll/
|title= Brazilian president to be reelected in second round: poll
|author= RIO DE JANEIRO
|pub= World News
|date=October 30, 2006}}
*{{source|url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2428559,00.html
|title= Brazil's champion of poor is voted into power again
|author= Tom Hennigan
|pub= Times Online
|date=October 30, 2006}}
*{{source|url= http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/9731/78/
|title= Lula's Win Keeps Brazil on Its Course far from Washington
|author= Roger Burbach
|pub= Brazzil Magazine
|date=October 30, 2006}}
*{{source|url= http://www.justicaeleitoral.gov.br/resultado/index.html
|title= Totalização realizada no TSE até às 10h55min do dia 30/10/2006 - sujeito a alteração
|author= 
|pub= Justiça Eleitoral
|date=October 30, 2006}}

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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.


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