2022 Brazilian general election saw 66x more Wikipedia readers than usual

What this article is

General elections were held in Brazil on 2 October 2022 to elect the president, vice president, the National Congress, the governors, vice governors and legislative assemblies of all federative units, and the district council of Fernando de Noronha. As no candidate for president received more than half of the valid votes in the first round, a runoff election for these offices was held on 30 October. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received the majority of the votes in the second round and was elected president of Brazil for a third, non-consecutive term.

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• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva President of Brazil (2003–2011; since 2023)

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