2018 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election

The Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election of October 2018 was for the election of the Governor and Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro and 70 State Deputies. People also voted for 2 of 3 Senators of the state representation in the Federal legislative power, with 45 federal deputies representatives of the Rio de Janeiro State. A second round was held after no candidate managed to secure more than 50% of the Governor votes.

2018 Rio de Janeiro state election
7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) (first round)
28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) (second round)
Gubernatorial election
 
Nominee Wilson Witzel Eduardo Paes
Party PSC DEM
Alliance More Order, More Progress Strength of Rio
Running mate Cláudio Castro Comte Bittencourt
Popular vote 4,675,355 3,134,400
Percentage 59.87% 40.13%
Candidate with the most votes per municipality in the 2nd round (92):
  •       Wilson Witzel (89)
  •       Eduardo Paes (3)
Governor before election

Francisco Dornelles (acting)
PP

 Elected Governor

Wilson Witzel
PSC

Parliamentary election
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Legislative Assembly
PSL Flávio Bolsonaro 15.62% 13 +11
DEM Filipe Soares 7.09% 6 +6
MDB Rafael Picciani 6.68% 5 −10
PSD Jorge Felippe Neto 4.69% 3 −5
PT Gilberto Palmares 4.53% 3 −3
Republicanos Jucélia Freitas 4.33% 3 +1
PP Dionisio Lins 3,14% 2 −2
PRP Bruno Dauaire 2.80 2 +2
PHS Marcos Muller 2.74% 2 +1
PSC Márcio Pacheco 2.44% 2 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
2018 Rio de Janeiro Senate election
7 October 2018 (2018-10-07)
 
Candidate Flávio Bolsonaro Arolde de Oliveira Cesar Maia
Party PSL PSD DEM
Popular vote 4,380,418 2,382,265 2,327,634
Percentage 31.36% 17.06% 16.67%
Candidate with the most votes per municipality in the 1st round (92):
  •       Flávio Bolsonaro (84)
  •       César Maia (8)
Senators before election

Lindbergh Farias and Eduardo Lopes
PT and PRB

 Elected Senators

Arolde de Oliveira and Flávio Bolsonaro
PSD and PSL

The previous gubernatorial election in the state was held in October 2014. Supported by the Brazilian Democratic Movement, Luiz Fernando Pezão was re-elected in second round with 55.78% of the votes, against 44.22% of Marcelo Crivella.

In the second round runoff, Wilson Witzel was elected Governor of Rio de Janeiro.

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