Acre gubernatorial election, 2014

Last updated March 06, 2019

The first round of the Acre gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next Governor of the state of Acre. No candidate won 50% of the vote and thus a second-round runoff election was held on 26 October.^[1] Governor Tião Viana was re-elected for a second term.

Acre is a state located in the northern region of Brazil. Located in the westernmost part of the country with a two hours time difference from Brasília, Acre is bordered clockwise by Amazonas to the north and northeast, Rondônia to the east, the Bolivian department of Pando to the southeast, and the Peruvian regions of Madre de Dios, Ucayali and Loreto to the south and west. It occupies an area of 152,581.4 km², being slightly smaller than Tunisia.

Sebastião Afonso Viana Macedo Neves, better known as Tião Viana, is a doctor and Brazilian politician. He was formerly Governor of Acre and is a member of the Workers' Party.

Candidates

Tião Viana 13 (PT) - incumbent Governor (elected in 2010); former Senator (1999-2010)^[2]
- Nazareth Lambert 13 (PT)
Bocalom 25 (DEM) - former Mayor of Acrelândia (elected in 1992, 2000, 2004)^[3]
- Henrique Afonso 25 (PV) - Federal Deputy (elected in 2002, 2006, 2010); former City Councillor, Cruzeiro do Sul (elected in 1996)
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Márcio Bittar 45 (PSDB) - Federal Deputy (elected in 1998, 2010)^[4]
- Antonia Sales 45 (PMDB) - State Deputy (elected in 2010)
Antonio Rocha 50 (PSOL)
- Dany Mendonça 50 (PSOL)

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Acrelândia is a municipality located in the easternmost portion of the Brazilian state of Acre. Its population is 8,695 and its area is 1,575 km², which makes it the smallest municipality in that state.

Coalitions

Candidate	Running mate	Coalition
Tião Viana PT	Nazareth Lambert PT	"Frente Popular do Acre" (PT, PDT, PRB, PSL, PTN, PSDC, PHS, PSB, PRP, PEN, PPL, PCdoB, PROS, PTB)
Tião Bocalom DEM	Henrique Afonso PV	"Produzir Para Empregar" (DEM, PV, PMN)
Márcio Bittar PSDB	Antonia Sales PMDB	"Aliança Por Um Acre Melhor" (PSDB, PMDB, PTdoB, PSC, PTC, PPS, PR, SD, PP, PSD)
Antônio Rocha PSOL	Dany Mendonça PSOL	-

Opinion Polling

Date	Institute^[5]	Candidate				Blank/Null/Undecided
Date	Institute^[5]	Tião Viana (PT)	Márcio Bittar (PSDB)	Tião Bocalom (DEM)	Antônio Rocha (PSOL)	Blank/Null/Undecided
September 29–October 1, 2014	Ibope	50%	24%	24.3%	2%	-
September 29–October 1, 2014	Ibope	47%	23%	23%	2%	6%
September 21–26, 2014	Delta	42.24%	26.04%	19.12%	1.20%	11.40%
September 14–16, 2014	Vox Populi	51%	17%	21%	1%	10%
September 9–11, 2014	Ibope	42%	19%	25%	2%	12%
August 31–September 5, 2014	Delta	40.4%	24.08%	16.68%	1.16%	17.68%
August 30–September 2, 2014	Vox Populi	48%	17%	18%	1%	15%
August 10–14, 2014	Phoenix	29.1%	17.5%	35.9%	2.3%	15.2%
August 8–10, 2014	Ibope	46%	19%	18%	2%	15%
July 30–August 5, 2014	Delta	41.84%	19.64%	17.04%	0.48%	15.92%
July 26–29, 2014	Vox Populi	49%	18%	20%	1%	12%

Results

Acre gubernatorial election, 2014^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PT	Tião Viana	193,253	49.73
	PSDB	Márcio Bittar	116,948	30.10
	DEM	Bocalom	76,218	19.61%
	PSOL	Antonio Rocha	2,171	0.56
Total formal votes			388,590	92.79
Turnout			418,772

Acre gubernatorial runoff ^[6]
	Candidate	Votes	%
PT	Tião Viana	196,509	51.29%
PSDB	Marcio Bittar	186,658	48.71%
PT hold		Swing

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↑ (in Portuguese) Poll tracker at UOL Notícias
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[1] 02h11 (2016-01-14). "TSE aprova calendário e divulga datas das eleições de 2014". Noticias.terra.com.br. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

[2] "Tião Viana 13 - Eleições 2014". Eleicoes2014.com.br. 1961-02-09. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

[3] "Bocalom 25 - Eleições 2014". Eleicoes2014.com.br. 1953-05-18. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

[4] "Márcio Bittar 45 - Eleições 2014". Eleicoes2014.com.br. 1963-06-28. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

[GO-5] (in Portuguese) Poll tracker at UOL Notícias

[g1.globo.com-6] 1 2 "Resultado das Apurações dos votos do 2º turno das Eleições 2014 no Acre para Governador, Senador, Deputados Federais e Deputados Estaduais". G1.globo.com. 2015-11-30. Retrieved 2016-01-18.