Brazil’s President Lula of the Workers’ Party (PT) was reelected in the presidential runoff on Sunday (25), receiving 51.79% of valid votes against 48.21% for Flávio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party (PL). Abstention in the second round totaled 30.4 million voters, the lowest figure in 20 years, according to the source report.
Folha has created an interactive map showing how neighborhoods or districts across Brazil voted. Areas where Lula won are marked in red, while those where Bolsonaro received the majority are shown in yellow. Selecting a municipality reveals the winning candidate and vote totals for each area, as well as first-round results.
A separate abstention tab displays the share of registered voters who did not vote, using color bands, and includes information on blank and invalid ballots. The map was compiled by matching polling-station records with location data from Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE), then grouping polling places by neighborhood using criteria from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
IBGE’s definitions may differ from those used in postal codes or address-search services. In São Paulo, for example, areas including Higienópolis, Vila Buarque, Pompeia, Aclimação and Bixiga are not classified as neighborhoods by the institute. Gray areas on the map have no polling places, while cities without neighborhood or district boundaries are places where IBGE does not define that division.
Around 1% of polling places were not geolocated by the TSE and are therefore absent from the map.
Sources: Folha Poder.