Editing Elections in Brazil (section)

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{{Politics of Brazil}}
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[[Brazil]] elects on the national level a [[head of state]] — the [[President of Brazil|president]] — and a [[legislature]]. The president is elected to a four-year term by absolute majority vote through a [[two-round system]]. The [[National Congress of Brazil|National Congress]] (''Congresso Nacional'') has two [[bicameralism|chambers]]. The [[Chamber of Deputies of Brazil|Chamber of Deputies]] (''Câmara dos Deputados'') has 513 members, elected to a four-year term by [[proportional representation]]. The [[Federal Senate of Brazil|Federal Senate]] (''Senado Federal'') has 81 members, elected to an eight-year term, with elections every four years for alternatively one-third and two-thirds of the seats. Brazil has a [[multi-party]] system, with such numerous [[political parties|parties]] that often no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and so they must work with each other to form [[coalition government]]s.