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The 2020 Rio de Janeiro municipal election took place in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in November 2020 [1] to elect a mayor, a vice mayor, and 51 city councillors for the administration of the city. On the 29 November 2020 run-off election, former mayor Eduardo Paes, of the Democrats (DEM), defeated incumbent mayor Marcelo Crivella of the Republicans (REP), who lost his bid for re-election. [2]
| # | Party | Mayoral candidate | Political office(s) | Vice-Mayoral candidate | Coalition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Republicans (REP) | Marcelo Crivella (REP) | Mayor of Rio de Janeiro 2017–present; Senator for Rio de Janeiro 2003–2017, Minister for Fishing and Aquaculture 2012–2014 | Andréa Firmo (REP) | With God, for the Family and for Rio REP, PATRI, SD, PODE, PP, PRTB, PTC, PMN | ||
| 25 | Democrats (DEM) | Eduardo Paes (DEM) | Mayor of Rio de Janeiro 2009–2017; State Secretary of Tourism, Sport and Leisure of Rio de Janeiro 2007–2008; Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro 1999–2007; City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 1997–1999; Sub-Mayor of Barra da Tijuca and Jacarepaguá 1993–1997. | Nilton Caldeira (PL) | The Certainty of a Better Rio DEM, PL, PSDB, PV, DC, AVANTE, CDN | ||
| # | Party | Mayoral candidate | Political office(s) | Vice-Mayoral candidate | Coalition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Democratic Labour Party (PDT) | Martha Rocha (PDT) | State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2015–present | Anderson Quack (PSB) | United for Rio PDT, PSB | ||
| 13 | Workers' Party (PT) | Benedita da Silva (PT) | Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro 1987–95, 2011–present; Governor of Rio de Janeiro 2002–03; Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro 1999–2002; Senator for Rio de Janeiro 1995–1998; City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 1983–1987 | Rejane de Almeida (PCdoB) | It's the People's Time PT, PCdoB | ||
| 15 | Paulo Messina (MDB) | City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 2017–present | Sheila Barbosa (MDB) | MDB | |||
| 16 | Cyro Garcia (PSTU) | Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro 1993; President of the Rio de Janeiro Bank Clerks' Union 1989–1990, 1991–1993, 1996–1997; President of the Rio de Janeiro branch of the United Socialist Workers' Party, 1994–present | Elisa Guimarães (PSTU) | PSTU | |||
| 17 | Social Liberal Party (PSL) | Luiz Lima (PSL) | Federal Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2019–present | Fernando Veloso (PSD) | Rio Has Options PSL, PSD | ||
| 18 | Sustainability Network (REDE) | Eduardo Bandeira de Mello (REDE) | President of Flamengo Rowing Club 2013–2018 | Andrea Gouvêa Vieira (REDE) | REDE | ||
| 20 | Social Christian Party (PSC) | Glória Heloiza (PSC) | Judge of the 2nd Court of the Childhood, Youth and the Elderly of the Justice Court of Rio de Janeiro 1996–2020 | Mauro Santos (PSC) | Social Christian Party (PSC) | ||
| 29 | Workers' Cause Party (PCO) | Henrique Simonard (PCO) | Student activist | Caetano Sigiliano (PCO) | PCO | ||
| 30 | New Party (NOVO) | Fred Luz (NOVO) | CEO of Flamengo Rowing Club 2014–2018 | Giselle Gomes (NOVO) | NOVO | ||
| 35 | Brazilian Woman's Party (PMB) | Sued Haidar (PMB) | President of the Party of the Brazilian Woman 2015–present | Jéssica Natalino (PMB) | PMB | ||
| 50 | Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) | Renata Souza (PSOL) | State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2019–present | Íbis Silva Pereira (PSOL) | A Rio of Hope PSOL, PCB, UP | ||
| 90 | Clarissa Garotinho (PROS) | Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro 2015–present; State Secretary for Development, Employment and Innovation 2017–2018; State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2011–2015; City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 2009–2011 | Jorge Coutinho (PROS) | PROS | |||
| Active candidates |
| Eduardo Paes (DEM) |
| Marcelo Crivella (REP) |
| Martha Rocha (PDT) |
| Benedita da Silva (PT) |
| Luiz Lima (PSL) |
| Renata Souza (PSOL) |
| Others |
| Abstentions/Undecided |
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| Pollster/client(s) | Date(s) conducted | Sample size | Paes DEM | Crivella REP | Rocha PDT | Silva PT | Mello REDE | Garotinho PROS | Lima PSL | Souza PSOL | Garcia PSTU | Messina MDB | Luz NOVO | Heloiza PSC | Haidar PMB | Simonard PCO | Abst. Undec. | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Election | 15 Nov | 2,633,322 | 37.01% | 21.90% | 11.30% | 11.27% | 2.48% | 0.46% | 6.85% | 3.24% | 0.11% | 2.93% | 1.76% | 0.52% | 0.15% | 0.02% | 19.23% | 15.11% |
| Ibope (exit poll) | 15 Nov [a] | 5,000 | 33% | 17% | 9% | 12% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 2% | <1% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 15% | 16% |
| IBOPE | 12–14 Nov | 1,204 | 35% | 14% | 9% | 11% | 3% | 0% | 5% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 16% | 21% |
| Paraná Pesquisas | 29 Oct–1 Nov | 910 | 27.7% | 14.1% | 14% | 8.2% | 3.2% | 1.2% | 4.2% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 21.8% | 13.6% |
| RealTime BigData | 26–28 Oct | 1,000 | 31% | 12% | 13% | 10% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 15% | 18% |
| IBOPE | 28–30 Oct | 1,204 | 32% | 14% | 14% | 9% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| Datafolha [21] | 20–21 Oct | 1,008 | 28% | 13% | 13% | 10% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| RealTime BigData | 14–17 Oct | 1,050 | 31% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 32% | 20% |
| IBOPE | 13–15 Oct | 1,001 | 30% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | - | 0% | 28% | 18% |
| RealTime Big Data | 13–15 Oct | 1,000 | 31% | 15% | 12% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | <1% | <1% | 24% | 16% |
| DataFolha | 5–6 Oct | 900 | 30% | 14% | 10% | 8% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 25% | 16% |
| IBOPE | 30 Sep–2 Oct | 805 | 27% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 35% | 15% |
| Exame/Ideia | 25–29 Sep | 800 | 26% | 17% | 12% | 10% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 22% | 9% |
| Paraná Pesquisas | 20–24 Sep | 910 | 25.1% | 13.6% | 11.8% | 7.3% | 3.6% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1,6% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 28.0% | 11.5% |
| Pollster/client(s) | Date(s) conducted | Sample size | Paes DEM | Crivella REP | Rocha PDT | Daciolo PL | Alencar PSOL | Motta PSOL | Freixo PSOL | Molon PSB/REDE | Mello REDE | Silva PT | Others | Abst. Undec. | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paraná Pesquisas | 15–19 Aug | 910 | 29.5% | 15.7% | 10.1% | 5.2% | - | – | - | – | - | 7.4% | 7.7% | 24.5% | 14.5% |
| 28.6% | 15.4% | 9.3% | 5.1% | – | – | - | - | - | 7.0% | 11.9% | 22.9% | 13.2% | |||
| Instituto VER | 20–23 May | 1,000 | 31.3% | 10.8% | 6.8% | – | 4.5% | – | – | 2.9% | – | 2.1% | 2.2% | 39.3% | 20.5% |
| 25.1% | 9.6% | 6.0% | – | – | 3.8% | – | 3.1% | – | 6.6% | 1.5% | 42.8% | 15.5% | |||
| 15 Mar 2020 | Marcelo Freixo drops out of the race | ||||||||||||||
| Paraná Pesquisas | 14–19 Mar | 910 | 27.9% | 13.1% | 10.1% | – | – | – | 13.4% | – | 3.6% | 4.3% | 7.5% | 20.9% | 14.5% |
| 29.5% | 13.1% | 12.0% | – | – | – | 14.5% | – | 4.3% | – | 4.0% | 22.6% | 15.0% | |||
| Datafolha | 11–13 Dec 2019 | 872 | 22% | 8% | 7% | – | – | – | 18% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 27% | 3% |
| 2016 election | 2 Oct 2016 | – | – | 27.78% | – | – | – | – | 18.26% | 1.43% | – | – | 52.50% | 18.27% | 9.52% |
| Pollster/client(s) | Date(s) conducted | Sample size | Paes DEM | Crivella REP | Abst. Undec. | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 election | 29 Nov | – | 64.07% | 35.93% | 18.80% | 28.14% |
| Ibope | 23–25 Nov | 1,001 | 53% | 28% | 19% | 25% |
| Datafolha | 16–18 Nov | 1,254 | 54% | 21% | 25% | 33% |
| Ibope | 16–18 Nov | 1,001 | 53% | 23% | 23% | 30% |
| RealTime Big Data/CNN Brasil | 16–17 Nov | 1,050 | 71% | 29% | – | 43% |
| 2020 São Paulo mayoral election debates | ||||||||||||||
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| No. | Date and location | Hosts | Moderators | Participants [b] | ||||||||||
| Key: P Present A Absent Out Out of the election | DEM | Republicanos | PT | PSL | PSC | PDT | PROS | PSOL | MDB | NOVO | REDE | |||
| Paes | Crivella | Silva | Lima | Heloiza | Rocha | Garotinho | Souza | Messina | Luz | Mello | ||||
| 1.1 | Thursday, 1 October 2020 Rio de Janeiro, Vila Isabel | Band | Carlos Andreazza | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
| 2.1 | Tuesday, 17 November 2020 Rio de Janeiro, Ventura Corporate Towers | CNN Brazil | Monalisa Perrone | A | P | Out | ||||||||
| 2.2 | Thursday, 19 November 2020 Rio de Janeiro, Vila Isabel | Band | Mariana Procópio | P | P | |||||||||
| 2.3 | Friday, 27 November 2020 São Paulo, Jacarepaguá | Globo | Ana Paula Araújo | P | P | |||||||||
The result of the last municipal election and the current situation in the Municipal Chamber is given below:
| Affiliation | Members | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Elected [24] | Current [25] | ||
| MDB | 10 | 1 | |
| PSOL | 6 | 6 | |
| DEM | 4 | 8 | |
| Republicanos | 3 | 6 | |
| PSDB | 3 | 0 | |
| PSC | 3 | 3 | |
| PTB | 3 | 1 | |
| PT | 2 | 2 | |
| PDT | 2 | 2 | |
| PP | 2 | 6 | |
| Solidarity | 2 | 2 | |
| PHS | 2 | 0 | |
| PSD | 2 | 3 | |
| PMN | 2 | 1 | |
| NOVO | 1 | 0 | |
| PROS | 1 | 1 | |
| Patriota | 1 | 1 | |
| Avante | 1 | 1 | |
| PODE | 1 | 2 | |
| DC | 0 | 1 | |
| Cidadania | 0 | 2 | |
| PL | 0 | 1 | |
| PTC | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 51 | ||
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Eduardo Paes | Nilton Caldeira (PL) | DEM | 974,804 | 37.01 | 1,629,319 | 64.07 | |
| Marcelo Crivella (incumbent) | Andréa Firmo (PRTB) | Republicanos | 576,825 | 21.90 | 913,700 | 35.93 | |
| Martha Rocha | Anderson Quack (PSB) | PDT | 297,751 | 11.30 | |||
| Benedita da Silva | Rejane de Almeida (PCdoB) | PT | 296,847 | 11.27 | |||
| Luiz Lima | Fernando Veloso (PSD) | PSL | 180,336 | 6.85 | |||
| Renata Souza | Íbis Pereira | PSOL | 85,272 | 3.24 | |||
| Paulo Messina | Shiela Barbosa | MDB | 77,093 | 2.93 | |||
| Bandeira de Mello | Andréa Gouvêa | REDE | 65,296 | 2.48 | |||
| Fred Luz | Giselle Gomes | NOVO | 46,246 | 1.76 | |||
| Glória Heloiza | Mauro Santos | PSC | 13,816 | 0.52 | |||
| Clarissa Garotinho | Jorge Coutinho | PROS | 12,178 | 0.46 | |||
| Suêd Haidar | Jessica Natalino | PMB | 3,833 | 0.15 | |||
| Cyro Garcia | Elisa Guimarães | PSTU | 3,025 | 0.11 | |||
| Henrique Simonard | Caetano Sigiliano | PCO | 589 | 0.02 | |||
| Total | 2,633,911 | 100.00 | 2,543,019 | 100.00 | |||
| Valid votes | 2,633,911 | 80.77 | 2,543,019 | 81.20 | |||
| Invalid votes | 413,962 | 12.69 | 431,104 | 13.77 | |||
| Blank votes | 213,138 | 6.54 | 157,610 | 5.03 | |||
| Total votes | 3,261,011 | 100.00 | 3,131,733 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,851,887 | 67.21 | 4,851,887 | 64.55 | |||
| Source: G1 | |||||||