The victory was confirmed at 19:18, when, with 94.44% of the sections cleared, Bolsonaro reached 55,205,640 votes (55.54% of the valid ones) and could no longer be surpassed by Haddad, who at that moment had 44,193,523 (44,46%). With 100% of the sections cleared, Bolsonaro received 57,797,073 votes (55.13%) and Haddad, 47,039,291 (44.87%).
Bolsonaro is from São Paulo, a reserve military officer and is in his seventh term in the Chamber of Deputies for Rio de Janeiro. He appeared as a public figure in the late 1980s, protesting against the low salaries paid to the corporation.
He was elected councilor of Rio de Janeiro in 1988. At the end of 1990, he was elected for the first time a federal deputy. Since then, he has remained in the Chamber for another six terms: from 1995 to 2018. In the most recent election in 2014, he was Rio's most voted candidate, with more than 464,000 votes.
His campaign was based on the flag of public security, nationalism and the end of corruption. He also defended the traditional family and conservative values. He undertook to implement a liberal economic policy.
A month before the first election round, Bolsonaro was stabbed in his abdomen while campaigning in Juiz de Fora (MG). He underwent two surgeries and stayed the rest of the month in recovery. He received the medical release on 29 September.
Even outside the hospital, the captain remained at rest and attended a few events outside his home. With the justification of not jeopardizing his recovery, he chose not to participate in any debate during the second round. His main contact with voters was through social networks.
For the 2018 campaign, he declared a personal equity of R$ 2.2 million (USD 600k). His vice president is the reserve general of the Brazilian Army, Antônio Hamilton Martins Mourão.
In front of his condominium in Barra da Tijuca, Bolsonaro began his televised victory celebration with a group prayer led by his colleague senator Magno Malta. The new president-elect then launched into his prepared victory speech vowing that “this government will be a defender of the Constitution, of democracy, and of freedom.”
“This is a promise,” he exclaimed, “not from some party, it is not the vain word of a man, it is an oath to God.”
Source: GMB
