2026 Santa Catarina general election

2026 Santa Catarina general election

Gubernatorial election

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Opinion polls

Candidate Jorginho Mello Gelson Merisio Party PL PSB Alliance Fé no Trabalho e Pé na Tábua Coragem para Mudar Running mate Adriano Silva (NOVO) Angela Albino (PDT) Popular vote 2,942,386 668,021 Percentage 68.98% 15.66%

Governor before election Jorginho Mello PL Elected Governor Jorginho Mello PL

Senatorial election

←  2018 4 October 2026 (2026-10-04)(one-only round) 2034 →

Opinion polls

Candidate Caroline de Toni Carlos Bolsonaro Party PL PL Alliance Fé no Trabalho e Pé na Tábua Fé no Trabalho e Pé na Tábua Popular vote 2,694,918 2,041,840 Percentage 33.46% 25.35%

Senators before election Esperidião Amin and Ivete da Silveira PP and MDB Elected Senators Caroline de Toni and Carlos Bolsonaro PL

The 2026 Santa Catarina general election were held on 4 October 2026 in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. Voters will elect a governor and vice governor, two senators, and the state's delegation to the Chamber of Deputies and the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina. If no candidate for governor receives a majority of valid votes in the first round, a runoff will be held on 25 October 2026. ^[1]

Incumbent governor Jorginho Mello of the Liberal Party (PL), elected in 2022, is eligible to run for reelection. ^[2]

Background

Electoral calendar

Note: This section only presents selected dates of the 2026 electoral calendar; check the official TSE/TRE websites and other official sources for detailed information.

Electoral calendar
15 May 2026	Start of regulated crowdfunding (financiamento coletivo) for pre-candidates	[3]
6 May 2026	Deadline for voters to register or transfer their voter registration	[4]
20 July to 5 August 2026	Party conventions for choosing candidates and coalitions	[5]
16 August 2026	Start of the official campaign period	[6]
4 October 2026	First round of 2026 elections	[7]
25 October 2026	Possible second round of 2026 elections	[8]

Governor

Incumbent governor Jorginho Mello (PL) was elected in 2022 in the second round with 70.69% of valid votes, defeating Décio Lima (PT). ^[9] Em Janeiro de 2026, Jorginho Mello indicou Adriano Silva (New- 30) ex-prefeito de Joinville (2020-2026) para ser seu vice. ^[10]

Senator

Senators in Brazil serve an 8-year term. In 2026, Santa Catarina will elect two senators, corresponding to the seats elected in 2018 (2019–2027). Incumbent senators Esperidião Amin (PP) and Ivete da Silveira (MDB) are eligible to run for reelection. ^{[11] [12]}

Gubernatorial candidates

No.	Governor				Vice Governor					Coalition Parties
	Candidate		Party Federation	Relevant offices	Candidate			Party Federation	Relevant offices
14		Marcelo Brigadeiro Marcelo Marcel Franco José da Silva	MISSÃO	No previous office			Coronel Rodrigues Marcelo Rodrigues	MISSÂO	No previous office	No coalition
16		Professor Marcus Sodré Marcus Alexandre Sodré	PSTU	No previous office			Professora Taty Tatiane Pedrosa	PSTU	No previous office	No coalition
22		Jorginho Mello Jorginho dos Santos Mello	PL	Councillor of Herval d'Oeste (1976–1980); State Deputy of Santa Catarina (1995–2011); Federal Deputy for Santa Catarina (2011–2019); Senator for Santa Catarina (2019–2022); Governor of Santa Catarina (2023–2026).			Adriano Silva Adriano Bornschein Silva	NOVO	Mayor of Joinville (2021–2026).	Fé no Trabalho e Pé na Tábua (PL, NOVO, Republicanos, PODE, PSDB Cidadania Fed. (PSDB and Cidadania), DC, Agir and Avante)
25		Ralf Zimmer Ralf Guimarães Zimmer Junior	PRD Solidary Renewal Fed.	No previous office			Carlos Bordin Carlos Alberto Bordin	Solidariedade Solidary Renewal Fed.	No previous office	No coalition
29		Bruno Pedreiro do PCO Brunno Andrade Dias	PCO	No previous office			Flávio Amaral Flávio Ferreira Amaral	PCO	No previous office	No coalition
40		Gelson Merisio Gelson Luiz Merisio	PSB	Councillor of Xanxerê (1989–1992); State Deputy of Santa Catarina (2005–2019).			Angela Albino Angela Albino	PDT	Councillor of Florianópolis (2005–2008); State Deputy of Santa Catarina (2011–2015); State Secretary of Social Assistance, Labour and Housing of Florianópolis (2015); Federal Deputy of Santa Catarina (2015–2017).	Coragem para Mudar (PSB, PDT, FE Brasil (PT, PCdoB, PV) and PSOL REDE Fed. (PSOL and REDE))
55		João Rodrigues João Rodrigues	PSD	Vice Mayor of Pinhalzinho (1997–2000); Mayor of Pinhalzinho (2001–2002); State Deputy of Santa Catarina (2003–2004); Federal Deputy for Santa Catarina (2011–2019); Mayor of Chapecó (2005–2010; 2021–2026).			Carlos Chiodini Carlos Chiodini	MDB	State Deputy of Santa Catarina (2008; 2009–2010; 2011–2015); Federal Deputy for Santa Catarina (2019–2026).	Santa Catarina Acima de Tudo (PSD, MDB, UPB (UNIÃO and PP))
80		Laís Chaud Laís Paganelli Chaid	UP	No previous office			Nathália Melo Nathália Tarses Gomes de Melo	UP	No previous office	No coalition

Opinion polls

A poll commissioned by Grupo ND/Neokemp and conducted on 1–2 December 2025 (1,008 interviews; margin of error 3.1 pp; confidence level 95%) tested the following first-round scenarios: ^[13]

Candidate	Party	Scenario 1	Scenario 2
Jorginho Mello	PL	41.5%	46.3%
João Rodrigues	PSD	19.0%	24.4%
Décio Lima	PT	14.0%	—
Fabiano da Luz	PT	—	9.7%
Adriano Silva	Novo	8.2%	—
Afrânio Boppré	PSOL	3.6%	5.4%
Undecided	—	10.0%	8.9%
Blank/Null	—	3.7%	5.3%

Senatorial candidates

No.	Senator				Substitute members	Coalition Parties
	Candidate		Party Federation	Relevant offices
111		Esperidião Amin Esperidião Amin Helou Filho	PP UPB	Mayor of Florianópolis (1975–1978; 1989–1990); Governor of Santa Catarina (1983–1987; 1999–2003); First Gentleman of Florianópolis (1997–2004); Federal Deputy for Santa Catarina (2011–2019); Senator for Santa Catarina (2019–2026).	Volnei Weber (MDB) Eni Voltolini (PP)	Santa Catarina Acima de Tudo (PSD, MDB, UPB (UNIÃO and PP))
133		Décio Lima Décio Nery de Lima	PT FE Brasil	Councillor of Blumenau (1993–1997); Mayor of Blumenau (1997–2005); Federal Deputy for Santa Catarina (2007–2019).	Elaine Berger (PDT) Fernanda Klitzke (PT)	Coragem para Mudar (PSB, PDT, FE Brasil (PT, PCdoB, PV) and PSOL REDE Fed. (PSOL and REDE))
144		Túlio de Amorim Túlio de Amorim Pfuetzenreiter	MISSÃO	No previous office	Comandante Edupércio Pratts (MISSÃO) Diego Santos Vieira (MISSÃO)	No coalition
155		Lunelli Antídio Aleixo Lunelli	MDB	Mayor of Jaraguá do Sul (2017–2022); State Deputy of Santa Catarina (2023–2026).	Clenilton Carlos Pereira (UNIÃO) Genesio Moises Spillere (PP)	Santa Catarina Acima de Tudo (PSD, MDB, UPB (UNIÃO and PP))
160		Joaninha de Oliveira Joaninha de Oliveira	PSTU	No previous office	Jocemir Adenilson (PSTU) Adriana Pereira (PSTU)	No coalition
161		Marcos Dorval Marcos Dorval Shimitz	PSTU	No previous office	Marcos Becker (PSTU) Wagner Betto (PSTU)	No coalition
221		Caroline de Toni Caroline Rodrigues de Toni	PL	Federal Deputy for Santa Catarina (2019–2026).	Geraldo Neto Wetzel (NOVO) Andrey Otavio Tomazi (PL)	Fé no Trabalho e Pé na Tábua (PL, NOVO, Republicanos, PODE, PSDB Cidadania Fed. (PSDB and Cidadania), DC, Agir and Avante)
222		Carlos Bolsonaro Carlos Nantes Bolsonaro	PL	Councillor of Rio de Janeiro (2001–2025).	Rafael Caleffi (PL) Balduino Rodrigues Ferreira (PL)	Fé no Trabalho e Pé na Tábua (PL, NOVO, Republicanos, PODE, PSDB Cidadania Fed. (PSDB and Cidadania), DC, Agir and Avante)
250		Jeferson da Rocha Jeferson da Rocha	PRD Solidary Renewal Fed.	No previous office	Camila Zimmer (Solidariedade) (Solidariedade)	Solidary Renewal Fed. (PRD and Solidariedade)
290		Carol Caroline Sant'anna	PCO	No previous office	Domingos (PCO) Gilberto Silveira (PCO)	No coalition
500		Afrânio Boppré Afrânio Tadeu Boppré	PSOL PSOL REDE Fed.	Vice Mayor of Florianópolis (1993–1997); State Deputy for Santa Catarina (2003–2007); Councillor of Florianópolis (2013–2026);	Luci Choinacki (PT) Cida da Silva (PT)	Coragem para Mudar (PSB, PDT, FE Brasil (PT, PCdoB, PV) and PSOL REDE Fed. (PSOL and REDE))
800		Ana Lúcia Ana Lúcia da Silveira Machado	UP	No previous office	Jaqueline Almeida Camargo (UP) Jorge Luiz Adão (UP)	No coalition
808		Marlene Soccas Marlene de Souza Soccas Sazan	UP	No previous office	Adriana Rio (UP) Professor Jacson (UP)	No coalition

Results

Governor

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Jorginho Mello (incumbent)	Adriano Silva (NOVO)	Liberal Party	2,942,386	68.98
	Gelson Merisio	Angela Albino (PDT)	Brazilian Socialist Party	668,021	15.66
	João Rodrigues	Carlos Chiodini (MDB)	Social Democratic Party	569,263	13.35
	Marcelo Brigadeiro	Marcelo Rodrigues	Mission Party	46,624	1.09
	Laís Chaud	Nathália Melo	Popular Unity	21,252	0.50
	Ralf Zimmer	Carlos Bordin (Solidariedade)	Democratic Renewal Party	9,000	0.21
	Marcus Sodré	Tatiane Pasdiora	United Socialist Workers' Party	6,682	0.16
	Bruno Pedreiro	Flávio Amaral	Workers' Cause Party	2,413	0.06
Total				4,265,641	100.00
Valid votes				4,265,641	92.04
Invalid votes				198,989	4.29
Blank votes				169,920	3.67
Total votes				4,634,550	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				5,719,541	81.03
	PL hold

Popular vote

Mello			68.98%
Merisio			15.66%
Rodrigues			13.35%
Others			2.02%

Senator

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Caroline de Toni	PL	2,694,918	33.46
	Carlos Bolsonaro	PL	2,041,840	25.35
	Esperidião Amin (incumbent)	PP	1,233,034	15.31
	Décio Lima	PT	823,200	10.22
	Afrânio Boppré	PSOL	657,451	8.16
	Lunelli	MDB	482,413	5.99
	Túlio de Amorim	MISSÃO	59,365	0.74
	Ana Lucia Machado	UP	17,200	0.21
	Jeferson Rocha	PRD	14,060	0.17
	Caroline Sant'anna	PCO	11,975	0.15
	Marlene Soccas	UP	7,740	0.10
	Joaninha de Oliveira	PSTU	6,228	0.08
	Marcos Dorval	PSTU	3,651	0.05
Total			8,053,075	100.00
Valid votes			8,053,075	86.88
Invalid votes			608,907	6.57
Blank votes			607,118	6.55
Total votes			9,269,100	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,719,541	81.03
	PL gain from PP
	PL gain from MDB

Popular vote

De Toni			33.46%
Bolsonaro			25.35%
Amin			15.31%
Lima			10.22%
Others			15.65%

Chamber of Deputies

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party			1,539,134	36.37	7	1
	Brazil of Hope		Workers' Party	574,630	13.58	2
			Communist Party of Brazil	115,825	2.74	1	1
			Green Party	1,503	0.04	0
	Brazilian Democratic Movement			384,396	9.08	1	2
	Republicanos			340,571	8.05	1	1
	New Party			302,952	7.16	1
	Social Democratic Party			282,962	6.69	1	1
	Podemos			218,678	5.17	1	1
	Progressive Union		Progressistas	191,874	4.53	1	1
			Brazil Union	134,770	3.18	0	1
	Mission Party			49,229	1.16	0	New
	PSOL REDE		Socialism and Liberty Party	41,420	0.98	0
			Sustainability Network	745	0.02	0
	Democratic Labour Party			16,563	0.39	0
	Solidary Renewal		Democratic Renewal Party	11,526	0.27	0
			Solidariedade	808	0.02	0
	Avante			5,955	0.14	0
	Christian Democracy			4,712	0.11	0
	PSDB Cidadania		Cidadania	3,972	0.09	0	1
			Brazilian Social Democracy Party	2,138	0.05	0
	Popular Unity			3,615	0.09	0
	Brazilian Socialist Party			3,015	0.07	0	0
	Workers' Cause Party			505	0.01	0
Total				4,231,498	100.00	16	–
Valid votes				4,231,498	91.30
Invalid votes				151,228	3.26
Blank votes				251,824	5.43
Total votes				4,634,550	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				5,719,541	81.03

Legislative Assembly

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party			1,528,729	35.79	16	5
	Brazil of Hope		Workers' Party	477,829	11.19	5	1
			Communist Party of Brazil	25,430	0.60	0
			Green Party	290	0.01	0
	Brazilian Democratic Movement			377,869	8.85	4	2
	Republicanos			331,221	7.75	3	2
	Social Democratic Party			320,182	7.50	3
	Progressive Union		Brazil Union	259,409	6.07	2	1
			Progressistas	209,130	4.90	2	1
	Podemos			195,710	4.58	2	1
	New Party			187,010	4.38	1
	PSOL REDE		Socialism and Liberty Party	133,027	3.11	1
			Sustainability Network	925	0.02	0
	Democratic Labour Party			96,478	2.26	1
	PSDB Cidadania		Brazilian Social Democracy Party	64,798	1.52	0	2
			Cidadania	9,427	0.22	0
	Mission Party			34,926	0.82	0	New
	Solidary Renewal		Democratic Renewal Party	13,371	0.31	0	1
			Solidariedade	935	0.02	0
	Avante			2,654	0.06	0
	United Socialist Workers' Party			1,230	0.03	0
	Agir			504	0.01	0
Total				4,271,084	100.00	40	–
Valid votes				4,271,084	92.16
Invalid votes				127,937	2.76
Blank votes				235,529	5.08
Total votes				4,634,550	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				5,719,541	81.03

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