2026 Federal District general election

2026 Federal District general election

Gubernatorial election
←  2022 4 October 2026 (2026-10-04)(first round) 25 October 2026 (2026-10-25)(second round) 2030 →
Registered	2,243,988
Candidate Celina Leão Leandro Grass Party PP PT Alliance Propósito e Ação DF do Povo Running mate Gustavo Rocha (Republicanos) Dora Gomes (PV) Popular vote 987,142 739,130 Percentage 57.18% 42.82%
Governor before election Celina Leão PP Elected Governor TBD
Senatorial election
←  2018 4 October 2026 (2026-10-04)(one-only round) 2034 →
Opinion polls
Registered	2,243,988
Turnout	81.01% ( 0.26 pp)
Candidate Michelle Bolsonaro Bia Kicis Leila Barros Party PL PL PDT Alliance Propósito e Ação Propósito e Ação DF do Povo Popular vote 938,496 886,616 686.340 Percentage 29.05% 27.44% 21.25%
Senators before election Izalci Lucas and Leila Barros PL and PDT Elected Senators Bia Kicis and Michelle Bolsonaro PL
Chamber of Deputies election
←  2022 4 October 2026 (2026-10-04)(one-only round) 2030 →
Legislative Chamber election
←  2022 4 October 2026 (2026-10-04)(one-only round) 2030 →
All 24 seats of the Legislative Chamber
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Legislative Chamber PL 20.83 5 +1 PT 12.50 3 0 Republicanos 12.50 3 +2 MDB 12.50 3 0 PP 12.50 3 −5 PSOL 8.33 2 0 PSB 8.33 2 +1 UNIÃO Eduardo Pedrosa 4.17 1 0 PODE Robério Negreiros 4.17 1 +1 PSD Rogerio Morro da Cruz 4.17 1 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2026 Federal District general election were held on 4 October 2026 in the Federal District of Brazil. Voters elected a governor and vice governor, two senators, eight representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 24 members of the Legislative Chamber of the Federal District. ^{[1] [2]} Because no gubernatorial candidate received a majority of the valid votes in the first round, a runoff election was held on 25 October. ^[3]

Background

Electoral calendar

Note: This section only presents the main dates of the 2026 electoral calendar. For detailed information, see official guidance from the Brazilian electoral courts and the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE).

Electoral calendar
15 May	Start of crowdfunding of candidates [4]
20 July to 5 August	Party conventions for choosing candidates and coalitions [5]
16 August	Start of electoral campaigning and street/digital advertising [6]
4 October	First round of 2026 elections [6]
25 October	Possible second round of 2026 elections [6]
until 19 December	Delivery of electoral diplomas for those elected in the 2026 elections by the Brazilian Election Justice [7]

Governor

Former governor Ibaneis Rocha of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) was re-elected in 2022 in the first round with 50.27% of the valid vote, defeating Leandro Grass (26.27%) and other candidates. ^[8] He is ineligible for immediate re-election after serving two consecutive terms and resigned to run for the Senate, which he later withdrawn, and Vice Governor Celina Leão launched her campaign for a full term as governor. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Senator

Senators in Brazil serve eight-year terms, and in 2026 each electorate will choose two senators. ^[12] In the Federal District, the seats currently held by Izalci Lucas (PL) and Leila Barros (PDT), both serving 2019–2027, are scheduled to be contested in 2026. ^[13]

Opinion polls

Governor

In early 2026 polling, vice governor Celina Leão and former governor José Roberto Arruda were among the names tested in first-round scenarios, alongside opposition figures such as Leandro Grass. ^[14]

Senatorial

Polling has also tested potential 2026 Senate slates in the Federal District, including scenarios featuring governor Ibaneis Rocha as a prospective candidate. ^[15]

Gubernatorial candidates

No.	Governor				Vice Governor					Coalition Parties	Ref.
	Candidate		Party Federation	Relevant offices	Candidate			Party Federation	Relevant offices
11		Celina Leão Celina Leão Hizim Ferreira	PP UPB	District Deputy of the Federal District (2011–2019); Federal Deputy for the Federal District (2019–2023); District Secretary of Sports and Leisure of the Federal District (2020–2021); Vice Governor of the Federal District (2023–2026); Acting Governor of the Federal District (2023); Governor of the Federal District (2026);			Gustavo Rocha Gustavo do Vale Rocha	Republicanos	Minister of Human Rights of Brazil (2018); District Secretary of Justice and Citizenship of the Federal District (2019–2020); Chief of Staff of the Federal District (2020–2026).	Propósito e Ação (UPB (UNIÃO and PP), Solidary Renewal Fed. (PRD and Solidariedade), Republicanos, MDB, Democrata, DC, PODE, MOBILIZA)
13		Leandro Grass Leandro Antonio Grass Peixoto	PT FE Brasil	District Deputy of the Federal District (2019–2023); President of the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage of Brazil (2023–2026).			Dora Gomes Maria das Dores Gomes da Silva Santos	PV FE Brasil	No previous office	DF do Povo (FE Brasil (PT, PCdoB and PV), PSOL REDE Fed. (PSOL and REDE) and PDT)
16		Professor Robson Robson Raymundo da Silva	PSTU	No previous office			Guillen Antônio Guillen	PSTU	No previous office	No coalition
28		Rico Pinheiro Alderico da Silva Pinheiro Filho	PRTB	No previous office			Cristiane Barros Cristiane Barros da Silva Santos	PRTB	No previous office	No coalition
29		Expedito Mendonça Expedito Carneiro de Mendonça	PCO	No previous office			Valmir Barbosa Valmir Barbosa da Silva	PCO	No previous office	No coalition
30		Kiko Caputo Francisco Queiroz Caputo Neto	NOVO	No previous office			Delegado Rafael Sampaio Rafael de Sá Sampaio	NOVO	No previous office	No coalition
36		Elisson Elisson Ferreira Freire	Agir	No previous office			Subtenente Sérgio Padro Sérgio Padro Tomaz	Agir	No previous office	No coalition
40		Ricardo Cappelli Ricardo Garcia Cappelli	PSB	State Secretary of Social Communication of Maranhão (2021–2022); Federal Interventor of the Federal District (2023); Acting Secretary of Institutional Security of Brazil (2023); Executive-Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security of Brazil (2023–2024); President of the Brazilian Agency of Industrial Development (2024–2026).			Sofia Carvalho Sofia Martins Carvalho	PSB	No previous office	No coalition
45		Paula Belmonte Paula Moreno Paro Belmonte	PSDB PSDB Cidadania Fed.	Federal Deputy for the Federal District (2019–2023); District Deputy of the Federal District (2023–2026).			Juiz Everardo Ribeiro Everardo Alves Ribeiro	PSDB PSDB Cidadania Fed.	Vice Mayor of Padre Bernardo (2013–2017; 2025–2026).	PSDB Cidadania Fed. (PSDB and Cidadania)
55		Arruda José Roberto Arruda	PSD	Senator for the Federal District (1995–2001); Federal Deputy for the Federal District (2003–2007); Governor of the Federal District (2007–2010).			Luis Pitiman Luiz Carlos Pietschmann	PSD	No previous office	Resgatar Brasília (PSD and Avante)
80		Professora Samara Mineiro Samara Mineiro Oliveira	UP	No previous office			Thaís Oliveira Thaís Oliveira silva	UP	No previous office	No coalition

Senatorial candidates

No.	Senator				Substitute members	Coalition Parties
	Candidate		Party Federation	Relevant offices
123		Leila do Vôlei Leila Gomes de Barros Rêgo	PDT	District Secretary of Sports and Leisure of the Federal District (2015–2018); Senator for the Federal District (2019–2026).	Raphael Sodre (REDE) Tetê Monteiro (PSOL)	DF do Povo (FE Brasil (PT, PCdoB and PV), PSOL REDE Fed. (PSOL and REDE) and PDT)
131		Erika Kokay Erika Jucá Kokay	PT FE Brasil	District Deputy of the Federal District (2003–2011); Federal Deputy of the Federal District (2011–2026).	Giulia Tadini (PSOL) Samuel Domingues (PT)	DF do Povo (FE Brasil (PT, PCdoB and PV), PSOL REDE Fed. (PSOL and REDE) and PDT)
161		Prof. Zanata Eduardo Rennó Zanata	PSTU	No previous office	(PSTU) (PSTU)	No coalition
222		Michelle Bolsonaro Michelle de Paula Firmo Reinaldo Bolsonaro	PL	First Lady of Brazil (2019–2022).	Diego Torres (PL) Cristian Viana (PODE)	Propósito e Ação (UPB (UNIÃO and PP), Solidary Renewal Fed. (PRD and Solidariedade), Republicanos, MDB, Democrata, DC, PODE, MOBILIZA)
223		Bia Kicis Beatriz Kicis Torrents de Sordi	PL	Federal Deputy of the Federal District (2019–2026).	Samuel Kicis (PL) Renato Figueiredo (PL)	Propósito e Ação (UPB (UNIÃO and PP), Solidary Renewal Fed. (PRD and Solidariedade), Republicanos, MDB, Democrata, DC, PODE, MOBILIZA)
290		David Horn David Horn Pureza	PCO	No previous office	Mauro Sousa (PCO) Ricardo Machado (PCO)	No coalition
300		Sebastião Coelho Sebastião Coelho da Silva	NOVO	Desembargador of the Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories (2013–2022).	Ibi Batista (NOVO) Coronel Leonardo (NOVO)	No coalition
360		Tiago Társis hiago Tarsis Adaldo	Agir	No previous office	Sargento Thiago Melo (Agir) Alexandre Nunes (Agir)	No coalition
456		Guto Felício dos Santos Paulo Augusto Pimenta Felício dos Santos	PSDB	No previous office	Luciana Loureiro (PSDB) Professor Tatá (PSDB)	No coalition
555		Ronaldo Fonseca Ronaldo Fonseca de Souza	PSD	Federal Deputy for the Federal District (2011–2018); Secretary-General of the Presidency of Brazil (2018).	Professora Eunice Santos (PSD) Dr. Antonio (PSD)	No coalition
700		Marley Marley Mendonça Alves	Avante	No previous office	Diego Marques (Avante) Reginaldo Silva (Avante)	No coalition
800		Professor Guilherme Amorim Guilherme de Amorim Lino	UP	No previous office	Tadeu Toniatti (UP) Ivoni Mineiro (UP)	No coalition

Results

Governor

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Celina Leão (incumbent)	Gustavo Rocha (Republicanos)	Progressistas	825,530	49.93	987,142	57.18
	Leandro Grass	Dora Gomes (PV)	Workers' Party	569,930	34.47	739,130	42.82
	Paula Belmonte	Everardo Ribeiro	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	140,765	8.51
	Kiko Caputo	Rafael Sampaio	New Party	72,148	4.36
	Ricardo Cappelli	Sofia Carvalho	Brazilian Socialist Party	36,828	2.23
	Samara Mineiro	Thaís Oliveira	Popular Unity	3,958	0.24
	Robson Raymundo	Antônio Guillen	United Socialist Workers' Party	1,640	0.10
	Elisson Freire	Sérgio Padro	Agir	1,172	0.07
	Rico Pinheiro	Cristiane Barros	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party	671	0.04
	Expedito Mendonça	Valmir Barbosa	Workers' Cause Party	595	0.04
Total				1,653,237	100.00	1,726,272	100.00
Valid votes				1,653,237	90.94
Invalid votes				89,910	4.95
Blank votes				74,774	4.11
Total votes				1,817,921	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,243,988	81.01

Popular vote (first round)

Leão			49.93%
Grass			34.47%
Belmonte			8.51%
Caputo			4.36%
Cappelli			2.23%
Others			4.90%

Senator

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Michelle Bolsonaro	PL	938,496	29.05
	Bia Kicis	PL	886,616	27.44
	Leila Barros (incumbent)	PDT	686,340	21.25
	Erika Kokay	PT	610,950	18.91
	Sebastião Coelho	NOVO	67,396	2.09
	Guilherme Amorim	UP	14,861	0.46
	Guto Felício	PSDB	9,534	0.30
	Marley Mendonça	Avante	6,522	0.20
	Tiago Társis	PSTU	4,238	0.13
	Eduardo Zanata	PSTU	3,572	0.11
	David Horn	PCO	2,032	0.06
Total			3,230,557	100.00
Valid votes			3,230,557	88.85
Invalid votes			204,364	5.62
Blank votes			200,921	5.53
Total votes			3,635,842	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,243,988	81.01
	PL gain from PDT
	PL hold

Popular vote

Bolsonaro			29.05%
Kicis			27.44%
Barros			21.25%
Kokay			18.91%
Others			3.35%

Chamber of Deputies

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party			448,883	27.05	3	1
	PSOL REDE		Socialism and Liberty Party	238,157	14.35	1	1
			Sustainability Network	1,280	0.08	0
	Brazilian Democratic Movement			214,223	12.91	1
	Republicanos			193,682	11.67	1	2
	Brazil of Hope		Workers' Party	192,202	11.58	1
			Green Party	44,725	2.70	1
	Brazilian Socialist Party			70,250	4.23	0
	Progressive Union		Brazil Union	66,732	4.02	0
			Progressistas	39,047	2.35	0
	New Party			25,862	1.56	0
	Social Democratic Party			24,327	1.47	0
	Podemos			22,362	1.35	0
	Mission Party			20,186	1.22	0	New
	Democratic Labour Party			15,404	0.93	0
	Avante			9,240	0.56	0
	PSDB Cidadania		Brazilian Social Democracy Party	6,963	0.42	0
			Cidadania	1,602	0.10	0
	Solidary Renewal		Democratic Renewal Party	6,396	0.39	0
			Solidariedade	3,990	0.24	0
	Christian Democracy			4,350	0.26	0
	National Mobilization			4,002	0.24	0
	Democrata			3,730	0.22	0
	Popular Unity			846	0.05	0
	Workers' Cause Party			388	0.02	0
	Agir			325	0.02	0
Total				1,659,154	100.00	8	–
Valid votes				1,659,154	91.26
Invalid votes				59,837	3.29
Blank votes				99,027	5.45
Total votes				1,818,018	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,243,988	81.02

Legislative Chamber

Party or alliance				Votes	%	+/–
	Agir					–
	Avante					–
	Brazil of Hope		Communist Party of Brazil			–
			Green Party			–
			Workers' Party			–
	Brazilian Communist Party					–
	Brazilian Democratic Movement					–
	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party					–
	Brazilian Socialist Party					–
	Christian Democracy					–
	Democrata					–
	Democratic Labour Party					–
	Liberal Party					–
	Mission Party					New
	National Mobilization					–
	New Party					–
	Podemos					–
	Popular Unity					–
	Progressive Union		Brazil Union			–
			Progressistas			–
	PSDB Cidadania		Brazilian Social Democracy Party			–
			Cidadania			–
	PSOL REDE		Socialism and Liberty Party			–
			Sustainability Network			–
	Republicanos					–
	Social Democratic Party					–
	Solidary Renewal		Democratic Renewal Party			–
			Solidarity			–
	United Socialist Workers' Party					–
	Workers' Cause Party					–
Total						–
Registered voters/turnout				2,253,132	–

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