Maranhão gubernatorial election, 2014

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Maranhão gubernatorial election, 2014
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Nominee Flávio Dino Lobão Filho
Party PCdoB PMDB
Running mate Brandão Melo
Popular vote1.877.064995.619
Percentage63,52%33,69%
Governor before election

Roseana Sarney
PMDB

Elected Governor

Flávio Dino
PCdoB

The Maranhão gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next Governor of the state of Maranhão in Brazil. If no candidate had received more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election would have been held on 26 October. [1] Governor Roseana was ineligible to run due to term limits. Former Embratur President Dino, who lost to Sarney in 2010, won a landslide election against Senator Lobão Filho to become the sole Governor from one of the two Communist parties. [2]

Maranhão State of Brazil

Maranhão is a northeastern state of Brazil. To the north lies the Atlantic Ocean. Maranhão is neighboured by the states of Piauí, Tocantins and Pará. The people of Maranhão have a distinctive accent inside the common Northeastern Brazilian dialect. Maranhão is described in books such as The Land of the Palm Trees by Gonçalves Dias and Casa de Pensão by Aluísio Azevedo.

Roseana Sarney former Governor of Maranhão

Roseana Sarney Murad is a Brazilian politician and sociologist. She was the governor of the Brazilian state of Maranhão from 2009 to 2014. She is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party and daughter of former President and senator José Sarney.

Embratur, also known as the Brazilian Tourist Board, is a federal, state-owned agency reporting to the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism. It was formed in 1966 and works exclusively on the promotion, marketing and supporting to the trading of services, products and tourist destinations of Brazil abroad.

Contents

Candidates

CandidateRunning mateCoalition
Lobão Filho
PMDB 		Arnaldo Melo
PMDB
"To Front Maranhão"
(PMDB, PT, DEM, PEN, PHS, PMN, PR, PRB, PRP, PRTB, PSC,
PSD, PSDC, PSL, PTB, PTdoB, PTN, PV)
Saulo Arcangeli
PSTU 		Ana Paula Martins
PSTU
-
Prof. Josivaldo
PCB 		Francinaldo Leite
PCB
-
Pedrosa
PSOL 		Prof. Odivio Neto
PSOL
-
Zeluis Lago
PPL 		Jansen
PPL
-
Flávio Dino
PCdoB 		Carlos Brandão
PSDB
"All By Maranhão"
(PCdoB, PSDB, PSB, PPS, PP, SDD, PDT, PTC, PROS)

Opinion Polling

DateInstitute [3] CandidateBlank/Null/Undecided
Flávio Dino (PCdoB)Lobão Filho (PMDB)Pedrosa (PSOL)Saulo Arcângeli (PSTU)Zeluis Lago (PPL)Josivaldo Correa (PCB)
September 17–19, 2014Vox Populi48%27%----24%

Results

Maranhão Gubernatorial Election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
PCdoB Flávio Dino 1,877,06463.52%
PMDB Lobão Filho 995,61933.69%
PSOL Pedrosa 33,7491.14%
PSTU Saulo Arcangeli 27,3040.92%
PPL Zeluis Lago17,6500.60%
PCB Prof. Josivaldo3,5740.12%
Majority881,44529.83%
PCdoB hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "TSE aprova calendário e divulga datas das eleições de 2014". noticias.terra.com.br. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  2. ↑ http://placar.eleicoes.uol.com.br/2014/1turno/resumo-nacional/
  3. ↑ (in Portuguese) Poll tracker at UOL Notícias
  4. ↑ http://divulga.tse.jus.br/oficial/index.html
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