The Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election was held on the 26th of October. Incumbent Governor Luiz Fernando Pezão, who was running for his first full term, was forced into the runoff against Marcelo Crivella but ultimately won.
Campaign On December 2, 2013, Governor Sergio Cabral Filho announced he would be stepping down as Governor on March 31, 2014 in order to pursue an ultimately-unlaunched bid for the Brazilian Senate. With his election in 2010, Cabral enjoyed high approval ratings until the 2013 protests in Brazil severely damaged his popularity. Following Cabral's resignation, Vice Governor Luiz Fernando Pezão succeeded him and announced his intent to run in the 2014 election.
Other candidates had launched their candidacies prior to Cabral's resignation: former Governor Anthony Garotinho of the Republic Party in April 2012 and Senator Lindberg Farias of the PT in November 2012.
Runoff endorsements On October 7, Marcelo Crivella received an endorsement from third place candidate Anthony Garotinho. He also received endorsements from fourth place finisher Lindberg Farias and the state branch of the Workers Party (PT) in an announcement made by state party president Washington Quaquá. The PT, however is divided in this decision. Nine of the ten PT mayors in the state are supporting Pezão, the exception being Quaquá (Mayor of Maricá). PT supporters of Pezão include Niterói Mayor Rodrigo Neves and State Deputy Carlos Minc.
On October 12, Luiz Fernando Pezão received the endorsement of newly elected Senator Romário, while the state branch of the PSB decided to not endorse either candidate.
Candidates Governor No.GovernorVice-governorCoalition 10 Marcelo Crivella (PRB) General Abreu (PRB) 13 Lindbergh Farias (PT) Roberto Rocco (PV) 15 Luiz Fernando Pezão (PMDB) Francisco Dornelles (PP)"Rio in First Place"PMDB, PP, DEM, PSD, PSC, PSDB, PPS, PSL, SD, PHS, PTN, PSDC, PMN, PTC, PRP, PRTB, PPL, PEN, PTB 16 Dayse Oliveira (PSTU) Marília Macedo (PSTU) 21 Ney Nunes (PCB) Heitor César (PCB) 22 Anthony Garotinho (PR) Márcio Garcia (PR) 50 Tarcísio Motta (PSOL) Renatão do Quilombo (PSOL)
Senator No.SenatorCoalition 100 Diplomat Sebastião Neves (PRB) 123 Carlos Lupi (PDT) 161 Heitor Fernandes (PSTU) 211 Eduardo Serra (PCB) 255 César Maia (DEM)"Rio in First Place"PMDB, PP, DEM, PSD, PSC, PSDB, PPS, PSL, SD, PHS, PTN, PSDC, PMN, PTC, PRP, PRTB, PPL, PEN, PTB 400 Romário Faria (PSB) 500 Pedro Rosa (PSOL) 901 Líliam Sá (PROS)
Opinion polling
Date Institute Candidate Blank/Null/Undecided Luiz Fernando Pezão (PMDB) Anthony Garotinho (PR) Marcelo Crivella (PRB) Lindbergh Farias (PT) Tarcisio Motta (PSOL) Dayse Oliveira (PSTU) Ney Nunes (PCB) September 25–26, 2014 Datafolha 17% 12% 2% 1% - 14% September 20–22, 2014 Ibope 17% 8% 2% 1% - 17% September 8–9, 2014 Datafolha 19% 12% 2% 1% 0% 16% September 5–8, 2014 Ibope 17% 9% 2% 0% 0% 20% September 2–3, 2014 Datafolha 18% 11% 3% 1% 0% 16% August 30–September 1, 2014 Ibope 17% 11% 3% 1% 0% 22% August 23–25, 2014 Ibope 16% 12% 3% 1% 1% 21% August 12–13, 2014 Datafolha 16% 12% 1% 1% 1% 27% July 26–August 2, 2014 Gerp 13% 11% 1% 1% 1% 25% July 26–28, 2014 Ibope 15% 11% 1% 2% 1% 33% July 15–16, 2014 Datafolha 14% 12% 2% 1% - 23%
Results Governor Candidate Running mate Total PercentageLuiz Fernando Pezão Francisco Dornelles 3,242,51340.57%Marcelo Crivella General Abreu 1,619,16520.26% Anthony Garotinho Márcio Garcia 1,576,511 19.73% Lindbergh Farias Roberto Rocco 798,897 10,00% Tarcísio Motta Renatão do Quilombo 712,734 8.92% Dayse Oliveira Marília Macedo 33,442 0.42% Ney Nunes Heitor César 8,950 0.11%Valid votes 7,992,212 82.45%Blank votes 592,999 6.12%Null votes 1,108,651 11.44%Turnout 9,693,862 79.89%Abstention 2,440,581 20.11%
Candidate Running mate Total PercentageLuiz Fernando Pezão Francisco Dornelles 4,343,29855.78% Marcelo Crivella General Abreu 3,442,713 44.22%Valid votes 7,786,011 82.64%Blank votes 319,823 3.39%Null votes 1,315,356 13.97%Turnout 9,421,190 77.64%Abstention 2,713,771 22.36%
Senator Candidate Total PercentageRomário Faria 4,683,96363.43% César Maia 1,514,727 20.51% Liliam Sá 507,872 6.88% Diplomat Sebastião Neves 301,162 4.08% Carlos Lupi 228,086 3.09% Pedro Rosa 137,652 1.86% Eduardo Serra 39,201 0.53% Heitor Fernandes 11,444 0.15% Valid votes 7,992,212 82.45% Blank votes 592,999 6.12% Null votes 1,108,651 11.43% Turnout 9,693,862 79.89% Abstention 2,440,581 20.11%
Elected Federal Deputies A total of forty-six (46) Federal Deputies were elected from the state of Rio de Janeiro.Terra elections: Results for Federal Deputies. Accessed on April 8, 2011. CandidateVotesJair Bolsonaro (PP)464,572Clarissa Garotinho (PR)335,061Eduardo Cunha (PMDB)232,708Chico Alencar (PSOL)195,964Leonardo Picciani (PMDB)180,741Pedro Paulo (PMDB)162,403Jean Wyllys (PSOL)144,770Roberto Sales (PRB)124,087Marco Antônio Cabral (PMDB)119,584Otavio Leite (PSDB)106,398Felipe Bornier (PSD)105,517Sóstenes Cavalcante (PSD)104,697Washington Reis (PMDB)103,190Rosângela Gomes (PRB)101,686Júlio Lopes (PP)96,796Índio da Costa (PSD)91,523Alessandro Molon (PT)87,003Hugo Leal (PROS)85,449Glauber Braga (PSB)82,236Cristiane Brasil (PTB)81,617Jandira Feghali (PCdoB)68,531Dr. João (PR)65,624Simão Sessim (PP)58,825Celso Pansera (PMDB)58,534Miro Teixeira (PROS)58,409Aureo (SD)58,117Sergio Zveiter (PSD)57,587Arolde de Oliveira (PSD)55,380Rodrigo Maia (DEM)53,167Chico d'Ângelo (PT)52,809Cabo Daciolo (PSOL)49,831Luiz Sérgio (PT)48,903Alexandre Serfiotis (PSD)48,879Deley (PTB)48,874Soraya Santos (PMDB)48,204Benedita da Silva (PT)48,163Paulo Feijó (PR)48,058Marcelo Matos (PDT)47,370Fernando Jordão (PMDB)47,188Francisco Floriano (PR)47,157Marcos Soares (PR)44,440Altineu Cortes (PR)40,593Fabiano Horta (PT)37,989Ezequiel Teixeira (SD)35,701Luiz Carlos Ramos do Chapéu (PSDC)33,221Alexandre Valle (PRP)26,526
Elected State Deputies A total of seventy (70) state deputies were elected from the state of Rio de Janeiro. CandidateVotesMarcelo Freixo (PSOL)350,408Wagner Montes (PSD)208,814Flávio Bolsonaro (PP)160,359Samuel Malafaia (PSD)140,148Paulo Melo (PMDB)125,391Nivaldo Mulim (PR)93,192Fábio Silva (PMDB)82,168André Corrêa (PSD)81,364Jorge Picciani (PMDB)76,590Cidinha Campos (PDT)75,492Dionísio Lins (PP)75,405Pedro Fernandes Neto (SD)75,366Tia Ju (PRB)74,803Carlos Osorio (PMDB)70,835Domingos Brazão (PMDB)70,314Lucinha (PSDB)65,760Gustavo Tutuca (PMDB)64,248Rafael Picciani (PMDB)63,073Carlos Macedo (PRB)62,088Edson Albertassi (PMDB)61,549Bebeto (SD)61,082Zeidan (PT)60,810Bernardo Rossi (PMDB)56,806Daniele Guerreiro (PMDB)55,821Waguinho (PMDB)53,835Martha Rocha (PSD)52,698Márcio Pacheco (PSC)50,344Christino Áureo (PSD)50,168Doutor Deodalto (PTN)48,496Pedro Augusto (PMDB)48,345André Lazaroni (PMDB)44,473Benedito Alves (PMDB)44,381Rosenverg Reis (PMDB)43,045Thiago Pampolha (PTC)41,897Luiz Paulo (PSDB)39,992Carlos Minc (PT)39,865Luiz Martins (PDT)39,309Marcus Vinícius Neskau (PTB)39,192Filipe Soares (PR)39,058Carlos Alberto Lavrado Cupello (SD)38,851Farid Abrahão David (PTB)38,342Iranildo Campos (PSD)36,914Waldeck (PT)36,755José Luiz Nanci (PPS)36,356Comte Bittencourt (PPS)36,155Bruno Dauaire (PR)35,645Marcia Jeovani (PR)34,870Márcio Canella (PSL)34,495Rogério Lisboa (PR)34,030Nurse Rejane (PCdoB)33,990Jorge Felippe Neto (PSD)32,066João Peixoto (PSDC)31,243André Ceciliano (PT)31,207Doctor Sadinoel (PT)30,504Zaqueu (PT)30,304Milton Rangel (PSD)28,957Marcos Abrahão (PTdoB)28,777Jair Bittencourt (PR)28,133Jânio Mendes (PDT)28,012Renato Cozzolino (PR)26,697Átila Nunes Filho (PSL)25,042Zito (PP)24,491Wanderson Nogueira (PSB)20,073Paulo Ramos (PSOL)18,732José Luiz Anchite (PP)17,401Graça Pereira (PRTB)16,876Flávio Serafini (PSOL)16,117Eliomar Coelho (PSOL)14,144Marcos Miller (PHS)12,929Doctor Julianelli (PSOL)11,805
External links Luiz Fernando Pezão Campaign Website Anthony Garotinho Campaign Website Marcelo Crivella Campaign Website Lindberg Farias Campaign Website
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