Elections: Brazil

Brazil is holding parliamentary elections as well as the first round of presidential elections on October 3.   The electoral system works as follows:

- 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 (Camara dos Deputados) 513 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.

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