1998 Brazil Presidential Elections

History
With the constitutional amendment that would give permission for reelection rejected by Congress in 1997, FHC passes the baton to the governor of São Paulo Mário Covas, while the popular candidate Paulo Maluf tried to be elected president of Brazil for the third time. The former popular president Itamar Franco declared support for Maluf, and the PMDB declared an alliance with the PPB and the party's president and former governor of São Paulo, Orestes Quércia, entered as vice-president. Meanwhile, the former governor of Paraíba Ronaldo Cunha Lima is running for Mário. Paulo wins the elections largely thanks to the support of Itamar, who had a huge support base in Minas Gerais.