2018 Ceará gubernatorial election

The 2018 Ceará state election was held on October 7, 2018 as part of the general elections in Brazil. Those from Ceará eligible to vote elected their representatives in the following proportion: 22 federal deputies, 2 senators, and 46 state deputies.

2018 Ceará gubernatorial election
7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) (first round)
 
Candidate Camilo Santana General Theophilo
Party PT PSDB
Running mate Izolda Cela
(PDT)		 Emília Pessoa
(PSDB)
Popular vote 3,457,556 488,438
Percentage 79.96% 11.30%
Candidate with the most votes per municipality in the 1st round (184):
     Camilo Santana (184)
Governor before election

Camilo Santana
Workers' Party

 Elected Governor

Camilo Santana
Workers' Party

The candidates for the state government were Camilo Santana (PT), General Theophilo (PSDB), Hélio Góis (PSL), Aílton Lopes (PSOL), and Francisco Gonzaga (PSTU). Camilo was reelected in the first round, with 79.96% of the votes, obtaining the highest percentage in history in a gubernatorial election in Ceará, overcoming the 1982 election results where Gonzaga Mota was elected with 70% of the votes in the first direct election since redemocratization.

In the previous election, Camilo Santana from the Workers' Party (PT) defeated Eunício Oliveira from the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) in the second round. Camilo Santana received 53.35% of the votes, while Eunício received 46.65% of the votes.

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