The presidential election of 1989 was the first direct presidential election in Brazil since 1960. Fernando Collor de Mello won a plurality of votes in the first round, but was not declared the winner of the election because the 1988 Constitution established the two-round system in the country. After receiving 453,800 (0.6% of the total votes) more votes than Leonel Brizola from the Democratic Labour Party, a symbol of the old left-wing, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from the Workers' Party proceeded to the second round against Collor. Collor won the second round by a margin of 6%. This was the closest presidential election in Brazilian history until 2014.