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The Bahia gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next governor of the state of Bahia. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election will be held on 26 October. [1] Governor Jaques Wagner is ineligible to run due to term limits (eight years). In a stunning upset, the PT nominee Rui Costa won the election with 54.5% of valid votes against 37.3% of Paulo Souto in the first-round. [2]
| Candidate | Running mate | Coalition |
|---|---|---|
| Rui Costa PT | João Leão PP | "Pra Bahia Mudar Mais" (PT, PP, PSD, PDT, PR, PCdoB, PTB, PMN) |
| Renata Mallet PSTU | Carlos José Bispo do Nascimento PSTU | - |
| Paulo Souto DEM | Joaci Góes PSDB | "Unidos pela Bahia" (DEM, PSDB, PMDB, SD, PTN, PROS, PRB, PSC, PTC, PV, PPS, PRP, PTdoB, PSDC) |
| Rogério Tadeu da Luz PRTB | Antônio Gomes de Andrade Neto PRTB | "Por uma Bahia Livre e Justa" (PRTB, PEN) |
| Lídice da Mata PSB | Eduardo Lima Vasconcelos PSL | "Um Novo Caminho para a Bahia" (PSB, PSL, PPL) |
| Marcos Mendes PSOL | Ronaldo Santos PSOL | - |
| Date | Institute [3] [4] | Candidate | Blank/Null/Undecided | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rui Costa (PT) | Paulo Souto (DEM) | Lídice da Mata (PSB) | Rogério da Luz (PRTB) | Marcos Mendes (PSOL) | Renata Mallet (PSTU) | |||
| September 29–October 4, 2014 | Ibope | 36% | 36% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 22% |
| September 23–29, 2014 | Babesp | 34% | 35% | 6% | - | - | - | 25% |
| September 21–23, 2014 | Ibope | 27% | 43% | 7% | - | 1% | 1% | 21% |
| September 16–21, 2014 | Babesp | 28% | 37% | 9% | - | - | - | 26% |
| September 6–9, 2014 | Ibope | 24% | 46% | 6% | 1% | 1% | - | 22% |
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