2024 Brazilian municipal elections

Last updated November 13, 2024

Municipal elections took place in Brazil on 6 October 2024, with any runoffs scheduled for 27 October.^[1]

Schedule

Voters will choose mayors, vice mayors, and city councillors of 5,570 municipalities in the country. Party conventions to nominate candidates should take place from 20 July to 5 August.^[2]

On 16 August, the electoral campaign starts. Free advertisements on radio and television begin on 30 August. According to current electoral law, the two-round system - if the most voted candidate doesn't get 50% +1 of valid votes –is only available in cities with more than 200,000 voters.^[2]

In 2024, nearly 154 million people were eligible to vote –of which 20 million were not required to, according to the Superior Electoral Court, which represented a 5.4% increase from the previous municipal elections in 2020.^[3]

70-year-old or older people, who were not required to vote, accounted for 15,000,000 voters, that is, 10% of total voters, the highest such figure in 16 years in Brazil.^[4]

Results

National results



Party or alliance			Votes	%	Seats
Party or alliance			Votes	%	Mayors	+/-	Councillors	+/-
	Liberal Party		15,597,429	13.95	518	168^[a]	4957	1494
	Social Democratic Party		14,337,811	12.83	891	225^[b]	6622	922
	Brazilian Democratic Movement		14,282,599	12.78	863	63^[c]	8109	757
	Brazil Union		10,740,310	9.61	591	25^[d]	5482	65
	Progressives		9,843,584	8.81	752	58	6942	571
	Brazil of Hope	Workers' Party	8,707,811	7.79	252	66^[e]	3127	460
		Green Party	545,196	0.49	14	32	488	323
		Communist Party of Brazil	274,122	0.25	19	27	354	350
	Republicans		7,251,862	6.49	440	224^[f]	4642	2068
	Brazilian Socialist Party		6,464,174	5.78	312	59	3583	573
	Always Forward	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	4,607,809	4.12	276	250^[g]	3002	1397
	Always Forward	Cidadania	1,096,357	0.98	33	108	437	1145
	Podemos		3,425,068	3.06	129	95^[h]	2329	701
	Democratic Labour Party		3,113,471	2.79	151	166^[i]	2503	927
	PSOL REDE Federation	Socialism and Liberty Party	2,578,411	2.31	0	5	80	13
	PSOL REDE Federation	Sustainability Network	129,569	0.12	4	1	172	23
	Avante		2,115,774	1.89	136	54^[j]	1525	483
	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party		1,818,984	1.63	1	5	97	197
	New Party		1,548,657	1.39	19	18^[k]	263	234
	Solidariedade		1,249,448	1.12	63	62	1251	862
	Democratic Renewal Party		1,058,160	0.95	77	189	1413	914
	Brazilian Woman's Party		415,799	0.37	2	1	109	63
	National Mobilization		255,192	0.23	21	8	360	161
	Act		110,680	0.10	3	2	296	82
	Christian Democracy		107,093	0.10	2	1	253	131
	Popular Unity		56,330	0.05	0		0
	United Socialist Workers' Party		30,198	0.03	0		0
	Workers' Cause Party		9,364	0.01	0		0
	Brazilian Communist Party		3,813	0.00	0		0
Total			111,775,075	100.00	5569	–	58396	–

Valid votes			111,775,075	91.06
Invalid votes			7,054,302	5.75
Blank votes			3,915,103	3.19
Total votes			122,744,480	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			147,918,483	82.98

Results in capitals

Capital	State	Mayor		Vice Mayor		2nd Place
Aracaju	SE	Emília Corrêa	PL	Ricardo Marques	CID	Luiz Roberto	PDT
Belém	PA	Igor Normando	MDB	Cássio Andrade	PSB	Éder Mauro	PL
Belo Horizonte	MG	Fuad Noman	PSD	Álvaro Damião	UNIÃO	Bruno Engler	PL
Boa Vista	RO	Arthur Henrique	MDB	Ten. Cel. Zeitoune	PL	Catarina Guerra	UNIÃO
Campo Grande	MS	Adriane Lopes	PP	Dra. Camilla	AVANTE	Rose Modesto	UNIÃO
Cuiabá	MT	Abilio Brunini	PL	Coronel Vânia	NOVO	Lúdio Cabral	PT
Curitiba	PR	Eduardo Pimentel	PSD	Paulo Martins	PL	Cristina Graeml	PMB
Florianópolis	SC	Topázio Neto	PSD	Maryanne Mattos	PL	Marquito	PSOL
Fortaleza	CE	Evandro Leitão	PT	Gabriella Aguiar	PSD	André Fernandes	PL
Goiânia	GO	Sandro Mabel	UNIÃO	Coronel Claudia	AVANTE	Fred Rodrigues	PL
João Pessoa	PB	Cícero Lucena	PP	Léo Bezerra	PSB	Marcelo Queiroga	PL
Macapá	AP	Antônio Furlan	MDB	Mário Neto	PODE	Paulo Lemos	PSOL
Maceió	AL	João Henrique Caldas	PL	Rodrigo Cunha	PODE	Rafael Brito	MDB
Manaus	AM	David Almeida	AVANTE	Renato Junior	AVANTE	Capitão Alberto Neto	PL
Natal	RN	Paulinho Freire	UNIÃO	Joanna Guerra	REP	Natália Bonavides	PT
Palmas	TO	Eduardo Siqueira Campos	PODE	Pastor Carlos	AGIR	Janad Valcari	PL
Porto Alegre	RS	Sebastião Melo	MDB	Betina Worm	PL	Maria do Rosário	PT
Porto Velho	RR	Léo Moraes	PODE	Magna dos Anjos	PODE	Mariana Carvalho	UNIÃO
Recife	PE	João Campos	PSB	Victor Marques	PCdoB	Gilson Machado Neto	PL
Rio Branco	AC	Tião Bocalom	PL	Alysson Bestene	PP	Marcus Alexandre	MDB
Rio de Janeiro	RJ	Eduardo Paes	PSD	Eduardo Cavaliere	PSD	Alexandre Ramagem	PL
Salvador	BA	Bruno Soares Reis	UNIÃO	Ana Paula Matos	PDT	Kleber Rosa	PSOL
São Luís	MA	Eduardo Braide	PSD	Esmênia Miranda	PSD	Duarte Júnior	PSB
São Paulo	SP	Ricardo Nunes	MDB	Mello Araújo	PL	Guilherme Boulos	PSOL
Teresina	PI	Silvio Mendes	UNIÃO	Jeová Alencar	REP	Fábio Novo	PT
Vitória	ES	Lorenzo Pazolini	REP	Cris Samorini	PP	João Coser	PT

Notes

↑ 6 were elected in the second round.
↑ 9 were elected in the second round.
↑ 7 were elected in the second round.
↑ 6 were elected in the second round.
↑ 4 were elected in the second round.
↑ 3 were elected in the second round. On October 8, 2024, the votes cast for the candidate Professor Joziel (DC) in the election for mayor of São João de Meriti were annulled. Thus, the candidate Leo Vieira (Republicans) was considered elected in the first round.
↑ 3 were elected in the second round.
↑ 5 were elected in the second round.
↑ 2 were elected in the second round.
↑ One mayor, David Almeida in Manaus, was elected in the second round for Avante.
↑ One mayor, Sergio Victor in Taubaté, was elected in the second round for NOVO.

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References

↑ Souza, Clarisse (1 January 2024). "Eleições 2024: veja principais datas e como regularizar o título de eleitor" [Elections 2024: see main dates and how to regularize your voter registration card]. O Tempo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 20 January 2024.
1 2 "Eleições 2024: confira os principais prazos do pleito" [Elections 2024: check the main election deadlines]. Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Pernambuco (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
↑ "Direto da Câmara - Número de eleitores cresce 5,4% em relação a 2020 - TV Câmara". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 October 2024.
↑ "Direto da Câmara - Número de eleitores cresce 5,4% em relação a 2020 - TV Câmara". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 October 2024.

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[5] 6 were elected in the second round.

[6] 9 were elected in the second round.

[7] 7 were elected in the second round.

[8] 6 were elected in the second round.

[9] 4 were elected in the second round.

[10] 3 were elected in the second round. On October 8, 2024, the votes cast for the candidate Professor Joziel (DC) in the election for mayor of São João de Meriti were annulled. Thus, the candidate Leo Vieira (Republicans) was considered elected in the first round.

[11] 3 were elected in the second round.

[12] 5 were elected in the second round.

[13] 2 were elected in the second round.

[14] One mayor, David Almeida in Manaus, was elected in the second round for Avante.

[15] One mayor, Sergio Victor in Taubaté, was elected in the second round for NOVO.

[1] Souza, Clarisse (1 January 2024). "Eleições 2024: veja principais datas e como regularizar o título de eleitor" [Elections 2024: see main dates and how to regularize your voter registration card]. O Tempo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[Schedule-2] 1 2 "Eleições 2024: confira os principais prazos do pleito" [Elections 2024: check the main election deadlines]. Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Pernambuco (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[3] "Direto da Câmara - Número de eleitores cresce 5,4% em relação a 2020 - TV Câmara". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 October 2024.

[4] "Direto da Câmara - Número de eleitores cresce 5,4% em relação a 2020 - TV Câmara". Portal da Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 October 2024.

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