Bahia gubernatorial election, 2014

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Bahia gubernatorial election, 2014
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Nominee Rui Costa Paulo Souto Lídice da Mata
Party PT DEM PSB
Running mate João Leão Joaci Góes Eduardo Vasconcelos
Popular vote3,558,975 2,440,409 432,379
Percentage 54.53% 37.39% 6.62%

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Governor before election

Jaques Wagner
PT

Elected Governor

Rui Costa
PT

The Bahia gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next Governor of the state of Bahia. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election will be held on 26 October. [1] Governor Jaques Wagner is ineligible to run due to term limits (eight years). In a stunning upset, the PT nominee Rui Costa won the election with 54.5% of valid votes against 37.3% of Paulo Souto in the first-round. [2]

Bahia State of Brazil

Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the 4th-largest Brazilian state by population and the 5th-largest by area. Bahia's capital is the city of Salvador, located on a spit of land separating the Bay of All Saints from the Atlantic. Once a monarchial stronghold dominated by agricultural, slaving, and ranching interests, Bahia is now a major manufacturing center whose last three elections have been dominated by the Workers' Party.

Jaques Wagner Brazilian politician

Jaques Wagner is a Brazilian politician who was Governor of Bahia from 2007 to 2015 and Minister of Defence in 2015.

Workers Party (Brazil) Brazilian political party

The Workers' Party is a democratic socialist political party in Brazil. Launched in 1980, it is one of the largest movements of Latin America. PT governed at the federal level in a coalition government with several other parties from 1 January 2003 to 31 August 2016. After the 2002 parliamentary election, PT became the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies and the largest in the Federal Senate for the first time ever. With the highest approval rating in the history of the country, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is PT's most prominent member. His successor Dilma Rousseff, also a member of PT, took office on 1 January 2011.

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Candidates

Candidate Running mate Coalition
Rui Costa
PT 		João Leão
PP
"Pra Bahia Mudar Mais"
(PT, PP, PSD, PDT, PR, PCdoB, PTB, PMN)
Renata Mallet
PSTU 		Carlos José Bispo do Nascimento
PSTU
-
Paulo Souto
DEM 		Joaci Góes
PSDB
"Unidos pela Bahia"
(DEM, PSDB, PMDB, SD, PTN, PROS, PRB, PSC, PTC,
PV, PPS, PRP, PTdoB, PSDC)
Rogério Tadeu da Luz
PRTB 		Antônio Gomes de Andrade Neto
PRTB
"Por uma Bahia Livre e Justa"
(PRTB, PEN)
Lídice da Mata
PSB 		Eduardo Lima Vasconcelos
PSL
"Um Novo Caminho para a Bahia"
(PSB, PSL, PPL)
Marcos Mendes
PSOL 		Ronaldo Santos
PSOL
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Opinion Polling

Date Institute [3] [4] Candidate Blank/Null/Undecided
Rui Costa (PT) Paulo Souto (DEM) Lídice da Mata (PSB) Rogério da Luz (PRTB) Marcos Mendes (PSOL) Renata Mallet (PSTU)
September 29–October 4, 2014 Ibope36%36% 4% 1% 1% 1% 22%
September 23–29, 2014 Babesp34%35% 6% - - - 25%
September 21–23, 2014 Ibope27%43% 7% - 1% 1% 21%
September 16–21, 2014 Babesp28%37% 9% - - - 26%
September 6–9, 2014 Ibope24%46% 6% 1% 1% - 22%

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References

  1. ↑ http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/politica/tse-aprova-calendario-e-divulga-datas-das-eleicoes-de-2014,37d5c160a9ace310VgnVCM10000098cceb0aRCRD.html
  2. ↑ (in Portuguese) http://g1.globo.com/bahia/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/10/rui-costa-do-pt-e-eleito-governador-da-bahia.html
  3. ↑ (in Portuguese) Poll tracker at UOL Notícias
  4. ↑ (in Portuguese) http://eleicoes.uol.com.br/2014/pesquisas-eleitorais/bahia/1-turno/
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