Results of the 2010 Brazilian general election explained

The 2010 Brazilian general election saw Dilma Rousseff of the Workers' Party (PT) elected president.

President

By state

First round

States/districts won by Dilma Rousseff
States/districts won by José Serra
States/districts won by Marina Silva

State				Dilma		Serra		Marina		Others
Acre
Alagoas
Amapá
Amazonas
Bahia
Ceará
Espírito Santo
Federal District
Goiás
Maranhão
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso do Sul
Minas Gerais
Pará
Paraíba
Paraná
Pernambuco
Piauí
Rio de Janeiro
Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Sul
Rondônia
Roraima
Santa Catarina
São Paulo
Sergipe
Tocantins
Total

Second round

States/districts won by Dilma Rousseff
States/districts won by José Serra

State				Dilma		Serra
Acre	470,560	134,317	28.54%	96,969	30.33%	222,766	69.67%	3,563	1.06%	12,585	3.75%
Alagoas	2,033,518	536,872	26.40%	737,236	53.63%	637,368	46.37%	32,120	2.15%	89,922	6.01%
Amapá	420,349	81,796	19.46%	198,644	62.66%	118,360	37.34%	4,443	1.31%%	17,106	5.05%
Amazonas	2,028,239	543,726	26.81%	1,141,607	80.57%	275,333	19.43%	30,369	2.05%	37,204	2.51%
Bahia	9,544,691	2,369,486	24.83%	4,737,079	70.85%	1,948,584	29.15%	146,826	2.05%	342,716	4.78%
Ceará	5,878,192	1,358,604	23.11%	3,288,570	77.35%	962,729	22.65%	91,042	2.01%	177,247	3.92%
Espírito Santo	2,522,072	527,745	20.93%	924,046	49.17%	955,423	50.83%	52,573	2.64%	62,285	3.12%
Federal District	1,834,135	354,146	19.31%	708,674	52.81%	633,299	47.19%	45,821	3.10%	92,195	6.23%
Goiás	4,059,028	900,924	22.20%	1,446,178	49.25%	1,490,368	50.75%	61,595	1.95%	159,963	5.07%
Maranhão	4,320,922	1,275,532	29.52%	2,294,146	79.09%	606,449	20.91%	41,114	1.35%	103,364	3.39%
Mato Grosso	2,094,105	545,646	26.06%	729,747	48.89%	762,905	51.11%	20,082	1.30%	35,725	2.31%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,700,979	410,546	24.14%	555,283	44.87%	682,305	55.13%	19,080	1.48%	33,765	2.62%
Minas Gerais	14,514,385	3,045,244	20.98%	6,220,125	58.45%	4,422,294	41.55%	297,028	2.59%	529,422	4.62%
Pará	4,763,592	1,275,991	26.79%	1,791,443	53.20%	1,576,154	46.80%	40,412	1.16%	79,571	2.28%
Paraíba	2,738,389	521,249	19.03%	1,229,391	61.55%	767,919	38.45%	53,447	2.41%	166,383	7.50%
Paraná	7,598,134	1,491,451	19.63%	2,593,086	44.56%	3,226,216	55.44%	112,620	1.84%	174,761	2.86%
Pernambuco	6,256,384	1,373,943	21.96%	3,457,953	75.65%	1,113,235	24.35%	133,692	2.74%	177,561	3.64%
Piauí	2,261,931	517,245	22.87%	1,112,380	69.98%	477,092	30.02%	26,645	1.53%	128,569	7.37%
Rio de Janeiro	11,584,435	2,436,258	21.03%	4,934,077	60.48%	3,223,891	39.52%	313,497	3.43%	676,712	7.40%
Rio Grande do Norte	2,245,194	483,909	21.55%	979,772	59.54%	665,726	40.46%	40,639	2.31%	75,128	4.27%
Rio Grande do Sul	8,107,785	1,436,185	17.71%	3,117,761	49.06%	3,237,207	50.94%	148,409	2.22%	168,223	2.52%
Rondônia	1,078,402	276,450	25.64%	347,138	47.37%	385,735	52.63%	12,997	1.62%	56,082	6.99%
Roraima	271,603	49,924	18.38%	71,280	33.44%	141,896	66.56%	2,507	1.13%	5,996	2.70%
Santa Catarina	4,536,829	766,246	16.89%	1,556,226	43.39%	2,030,135	56.61%	67,252	1.78%	116,970	3.10%
São Paulo	30,290,443	5,801,614	19.15%	10,462,447	45.95%	12,308,483	54.05%	618,538	2.53%	1,099,361	4.49%
Sergipe	1,425,359	294,968	20.69%	568,862	53.56%	493,280	46.44%	23,787	2.10%	44,462	3.93%
Tocantins	947,928	251,365	26.52%	391,279	58.88%	273,306	41.12%	9,455	1.36%	22,523	3.23%
Total	135,804,433	29,197,152		55,752,529		43,711,388		2,452,597		4,689,428

By municipality

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██ Municipalities won by Rousseff with less than 65% of the votes ██ Municipalities won by Rousseff with over 65% of the votes ██ Municipalities won by Serra with less than 65% of the votes ██ Municipalities won by Serra with over 65% of the votes

Worldwide results

First round

Countries/territories won by Dilma Rousseff
Countries/territories won by José Serra
Countries/territories won by Marina Silva

Country	Dilma Rousseff	José Serra	Marina Silva	Other candidates	Source
Algeria	10	6	3	0	^[2]
Angola	78	46	27	2
Argentina	1,348	590	327	42
Australia	117	248	145	18
Austria	147	168	118	15
Belgium	464	301	290	28
Bolivia	323	510	116	34
Canada	1,067	1,829	983	61
Cape Verde	24	5	10	0
Chile	345	458	124	23
China (HK)	17	32	18	4
China (PRC)	42	116	36	7
China (ROC)	6	24	0	1
Colombia	93	133	36	7
Republic of Congo	6	6	4	0
Congo-Kinshasa	8	7	4	1
Costa Rica	88	131	60	8
Côte d'Ivoire	29	4	3	1	^[3]
Cuba	195	11	14	7
Czech Republic	24	23	13	0
Denmark	126	68	67	10
Dominican Republic	49	60	14	1
East Timor	26	9	40	1
Ecuador	95	94	22	4
Egypt	21	10	11	0
El Salvador	36	21	10	0
Finland	38	47	36	6
France (mainland)	964	618	462	41	^[4]
France (Guyane)	992	496	294	21
Gabon	17	2	3	1
Germany	1,133	1,166	828	111
Greece	112	69	20	7
Guatemala	39	45	16	2
Guinea Bissau	18	7	22	1
Guyana	9	12	8	2
Honduras	26	49	13	6
Hungary	33	23	10	6
India	6	4	8	0
Indonesia	1	6	2	0
Ireland	29	48	25	1
Israel	17	57	19	2	^[5]
Italy	2,804	1,573	1,006	206
Jamaica	17	3	2	0
Japan	1,726	3,248	772	204
Jordan	92	31	10	20
Kenya	5	4	6	0
Kuwait	10	9	7	0
Lebanon	368	171	47	35
Malaysia	7	16	8	0
Mexico	147	216	46	6
Morocco	9	1	4	0
Mozambique	95	51	55	2
Netherlands	389	332	282	18
New Zealand	9	22	14	3	^[6]
Nicaragua	56	23	5	5
Nigeria	7	13	0	0
Norway	111	58	71	4
Panama	106	173	34	9
Paraguay	1,007	1,067	185	30
Peru	127	193	56	18
Philippines	19	7	1	0	^[7]
Poland	17	16	15	1
Portugal	4,193	2,153	1,080	92
Qatar	19	26	16	1
Romania	5	10	14	0
Russia	8	11	7	6
Saudi Arabia	7	16	3	0
Senegal	16	3	20	2
Serbia	8	6	3	5
Singapore	12	105	17	3
South Africa	78	101	66	9
South Korea	6	20	2	1
Spain	972	605	369	56
Suriname	148	89	37	2
Sweden	287	189	133	15
Switzerland	1,496	1,188	940	104
Syria	37	7	3	5
Thailand	8	22	9	0
Tunisia	2	7	8	1
Turkey	3	10	0	0
United Arab Emirates	13	19	4	0
United Kingdom	1,106	1,152	782	70	^[8]
United States	6,300	12,820	6,620	620
Uruguay	409	289	152	30
Venezuela	149	198	24	2
West Bank	341	25	13	74
Total	30,950	33,850	17,208	2,141

Second round

Countries/territories won by Dilma Rousseff
Countries/territories won by José Serra

Country^[9]	Dilma Rousseff	%	José Serra	%	Source
Algeria	9	50%	9	50%
Angola	78	53.78%	67	46.21%
Argentina	1,455	64.1%	815	35.9%
Australia	163	29.48%	390	70.52%
Austria	178	43.1%	235	56.9%
Belgium	518	53.18%	456	46.82%
Bolivia	305	32.14%	644	67.86%
Canada	1,230	32.29%	2,579	67.71%
Cape Verde	33	84.62%	6	15.38%
Chile	372	39.83%	562	60.17%
China (HK)	24	32.87%	49	67.13%
China (PRC)	49	22.28%	215	77.72%
China (ROC)	8	22.86%	27	77.14%
Colombia	98	40.66%	143	59.34%
Republic of Congo	5	45.45%	6	54.55%
Congo-Kinshasa	7	46.67%	8	53.33%
Costa Rica	106	37.32%	178	62.68%
Côte d'Ivoire	30	83.33%	6	16.67%
Cuba	248	97.64%	6	2.36%
Czech Republic	22	43.14%	29	56.86%
Denmark	149	56.87%	113	43.13%
Dominican Republic	65	47.45%	72	52.55%
East Timor	44	67.69%	21	32.31%
Ecuador	81	45.51%	97	54.49%
Egypt	27	65.85%	14	34.15%
El Salvador	38	52.05%	35	47.95%
Finland	53	46.49%	61	53.51%
France (mainland)	1,037	57.32%	772	42.68%
France (Guyane)	986	59.72%	665	40.28%
Gabon	19	90.48%	2	9.52%
Germany	1,287	44.67%	1,594	55.33%
Greece	93	51.96%	86	48.04%
Guatemala	30	47.45%	61	52.55%
Guinea Bissau	25	50%	25	50%
Guyana	11	40.74%	16	59.26%
Honduras	22	28.57%	55	71.43%
Hungary	26	46.43%	30	53.57%
India	6	46.15%	7	53.85%
Indonesia	0	0%	8	100%
Ireland	37	35.92%	66	64.08%
Israel	19	35.92%	85	64.08%
Italy	2,732	54.91%	2,243	45.09%
Jamaica	19	82.61%	4	17.39%
Japan	1,618	26.47%	4,495	73.53%
Jordan	100	71.43%	40	28.57%
Kenya	6	37.5%	10	62.5%
Kuwait	10	47.62%	11	52.38%
Lebanon	394	65.78%	205	34.22%
Malaysia	12	37.5%	20	62.5%
Mexico	129	35.73%	232	64.27%
Morocco	9	64.29%	5	35.71%
Mozambique	107	57.53%	79	42.47%
Netherlands	483	49.14%	500	50.86%
New Zealand	14	31.11%	31	68.89%
Nicaragua	50	58.82%	35	41.18%
Nigeria	13	40.63%	19	59.38%
Norway	146	60.08%	97	39.92%
Panama	110	37.67%	182	62.33%
Paraguay	914	39.13%	1,344	60.87%
Peru	128	39.13%	250	60.87%
Philippines	18	78.26%	5	21.74%
Poland	18	39.13%	28	60.87%
Portugal	4,382	57.92%	3,183	42.08%
Qatar	18	33.96%	35	66.04%
Romania	3	11.54%	23	88.46%
Russia	12	34.29%	23	65.71%
Saudi Arabia	7	30.43%	16	69.57%
Senegal	15	38.46%	24	61.54%
Serbia	13	52%	12	48%
Singapore	17	11.33%	133	88.67%
South Africa	58	32.17%	107	67.83%
South Korea	6	18.75%	26	81.25%
Spain	1,024	55.32%	827	44.68%
Suriname	120	53.1%	106	46.9%
Sweden	315	54.88%	259	45.12%
Switzerland	1,734	47.78%	1,895	52.22%
Syria	37	67.27%	18	32.73%
Thailand	10	24.39%	37	75.61%
Tunisia	7	58.33%	5	41.67%
Turkey	4	36.36%	7	63.64%
United Arab Emirates	16	45.71%	19	54.29%
United Kingdom	1,299	42.15%	1,783	57.85%
United States	7,003	27.51%	18,457	72.49%
Uruguay	413	51.5%	389	48.5%
Venezuela	205	40.2%	305	59.8%
West Bank	355	91.97%	31	8.03%
Total	33,112	40.86%	47,913	59.13%	^[10] ^[11]

Voter demographics

Demographic subgroup		Rousseff		Serra	% of total vote
Total vote	56	44	100
Gender
Men	60	40	48
Women	53	47	52
Age
16–24 years old	54	46	18
25–34 years old	57	43	24
35–44 years old	59	41	20
45–59 years old	58	42	23
60 and older	53	47	15
Education
Less than high school	62	38	45
High school diploma	54	46	39
Bachelor's degree or more	45	55	16
Family income
Under 2x min wage	62	38	44
2-5x min wage	55	45	36
5-10x min wage	50	50	11
Over 10x min wage	43	57	9
Region
Southeast	53	47	45
South	47	53	16
Northeast	69	31	25
North + Central-West	55	45	14

Source:http://media.folha.uol.com.br/datafolha/2013/05/02/intvoto_pres_30102010.pdf

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mapa da votação para presidente nos municípios – Infográficos. Estadão.
2. http://estatistica.tse.gov.br:7777/dwtse/f?p=201003:110:3857841794274316:FLOW_EXCEL_OUTPUT_R30459571491459701_pt-br Official results by electoral zone
3. Web site: Divulga2010 – Aplicação de acompanhamento de resultado de eleições – Versão 1.1.0 (Provedor: Senado Federal) . . 2010-10-04 . 2010-10-04 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101005122903/http://divulgacao2010.tse.gov.br/software/software . 2010-10-05 .
4. News: Embaixadas: Dilma vence em Paris e Roma; Serra em Londres . pt . Terra . October 3, 2010 . October 3, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322225319/http://noticias.terra.com.br/eleicoes/2010/noticias/0,,OI4714859-EI15315,00.html . March 22, 2012 . dead. mdy-all .
5. News: BBC Brasil . Dilma ganha eleições em Ramallah, Serra é vitorioso em Tel Aviv . October 3, 2010 . Flint . Guila . pt.
6. News: Serra vence eleição na Nova Zelândia . pt . October 3, 2010 . O Estado de S. Paulo . Trevisan . Cláudia .
7. Web site: Raio-x – UOL Eleições – 2010. eleicoes.uol.com.br.
8. News: Serra vence eleição em Londres em disputa acirrada com Dilma . October 3, 2010 . Calgaro . Fenanda . UOL.
9. Web site: Raio-x – UOL Eleições – 2010.
10. Eleições 2010 – Apuração . Agência Brasil.
11. Web site: Cenário PolÃtico do Brasil – Presidente – Eleições 2010 – Terra.