2014 Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election

2014 Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election

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Nominee José Ivo Sartori Tarso Genro Party MDB PT Running mate José Paulo Cairolli Abigail Pereira Popular vote 3,859,611 2,445,664 Percentage 61.21% 38.79%

Governor before election Tarso Genro PT Elected Governor José Ivo Sartori MDB

The Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next governor of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a second-round runoff election was held on 26 October. ^[1]

Incumbent governor Tarso Genro was running for a second term, a distinction not achieved in recent history. His main challengers were Senator Ana Amélia Lemos of the Progressive Party and former Mayor of Caxias do Sul José Ivo Sartori of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.

Opinion polls leading up to the first round had shown Genro with a comfortable lead over his primary rival Lemos and Sartori steadily gaining support. Eventually, it was Sartori who defied opinion polls and ended comfortably in first place. Genro finished in second to advance to the runoff while Lemos finished in a distant third. ^[2]

In the second round, Sartori defeated Genro with over 60% of the vote and was elected for a four-year term as governor.

Candidates

Coalitions

Candidate	Running mate	Coalition
Ana Amélia Lemos PP	Cassiá Carpes SD	"The Hope that unites Rio Grande" (PP, SD, PSDB, PRB)
Vieira da Cunha PDT	Flávio José Gomes PSC	"Rio Grande Deserves More" (PDT, PSC, DEM, PV, PEN)
Tarso Genro PT	Abigail Pereira PCdoB	"Popular Unity at Rio Grande" (PT, PCdoB, PTB, PTC, PROS, PR, PPL)
José Ivo Sartori PMDB	José Paulo Cairolli PSD	"The New Way to Rio Grande" (PMDB, PSD, PPS, PSB, PSDC, PSL, PHS, PTdoB)
Humberto Carvalho PCB	Nuberm Airton Cabral Medeiros PCB	-
Edison Estivalete PRTB	Hermes Aloísio PRTB
Roberto Robaina PSOL	Gabrielle Tolotti PSOL	"Left Front" (PSOL, PSTU)

Opinion Polling

Date	Institute [3]	Candidate								Blank/Null/Undecided
		Tarso Genro (PT)	Ana Amélia Lemos (PP)	José Ivo Sartori (PMDB)	Vieira da Cunha (PDT)	Roberto Robaina (PSOL)	João Carlos Rodrigues (PMN)	Edison Estivalete (PRTB)	Humberto Carvalho (PCB)
September 25–26, 2014	Datafolha	31%	31%	17%	2%	1%	-			18%
September 21–23, 2014	Ibope	30%	37%	15%	1%	-				16%
September 17–18, 2014	Datafolha	27%	37%	13%	3%	-				19%
September 8–10, 2014	Methodus	27.7%	39.4%	11.8%	3.9%	1%	-			15.6%
September 8–9, 2014	Datafolha	28%	37%	11%	2%					20%
September 7–9, 2014	Ibope	30%	38%			-				18%
September 5–6, 2014	Vox Populi	26%	36%	12%	3%					22%
September 2–3, 2014	Datafolha	31%	39%	10%						17%
August 19–23, 2014	Methodus	31.2%	40.9%	5.8%	4.7%	2%	-	-		15.4%
August 12–14, 2014	Datafolha	30%	39%	7%	3%	1%				20%
August 8–13, 2014	Methodus	31%	42.4%	5.9%	4.1%	1.4%	-	0.1%	0.7%	14.3%
August 2–5, 2014	Ibope [4]	35%	36%	5%	4%	1%		-	1%	24%
July 13–16, 2014	Ibope [5]	31%	37%	4%	2%		1%	0%		21%
March 27–31, 2014	Ibope [6]	31%	38%	5%	3%		-

References

1. "TSE aprova calendário e divulga datas das eleições de 2014".
2. "Apuração de votos e resultado das Eleições 2014 (Fonte: TSE): Presidente e candidatos eleitos - UOL Eleições 2014".
3. (in Portuguese) Poll tracker at UOL Notícias
4. "Tarso Genro oscila positivamente e encosta em Ana Amelia Lemos na disputa pelo Governo do Rio Grande do Sul". Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
5. "Neste momento, Ana Amelia Lemos está numericamente à frente na disputa pelo governo do Rio Grande do Sul". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
6. "Neste momento, Ana Amélia Lemos aparece à frente na disputa pelo governo do Rio Grande do Sul, seguida de perto por Tarso Genro". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2014.