2022 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election

2022 Rio de Janeiro state election
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Opinion polls
Turnout77.24%
Gubernatorial election
 
Candidate Cláudio Castro Marcelo Freixo Rodrigo Neves
Party PL PSB PDT
Alliance Rio United and Stronger Life Will Get Better Changing With Who Governs
Running mate Thiago Pampolha César Maia Felipe Santa Cruz
Popular vote 4,930,288 2,294,196 669,812
Percentage 58.69% 27.39% 8.00%
     Cláudio Castro      Rodrigo Neves
Governor before election

Cláudio Castro
PL

Elected Governor

Cláudio Castro
PL

Parliamentary election
All 70 seats of the Legislative Assembly
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Legislative Assembly
PL None
UNIÃO None
Solidarity None
PSD None
PTB Marcus Vinicius
PSOL Renata Souza
PSB Carlos Minc
Avante Marcos Abrahão
PSC None
PP Dionisio Lins
Republicanos Carlos Macedo
PODE Alexandre Freitas
PROS None
PT Zeidan
PV Eurico Junior
PCdoB Enfermeira Rejane
Patriota Val Ceasa
DC Marcelo Cabeleireiro
PDT Martha Rocha
MDB Rosenverg Reis
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senatorial election
2 October 2022 (2022-10-02) (one-only round)
Opinion polls
 
Candidate Romário Faria Alessandro Molon Clarissa Garotinho
Party PL PSB UNIÃO
Popular vote 2,384,331 1,731,786 1,145,413
Percentage 29.17% 26.26% 17.37%
     Romário Faria      André Ceciliano
     Clarissa Garotinho      Alessandro Molon
Senator before election

Romário Faria
PL

Elected Senator

Romário Faria
PL

The 2022 Rio de Janeiro state election took place in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters elected a governor, vice governor, one senator, two alternate senator, 46 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 70 Legislative Assembly members, with a possible second round to be held on 30 October, 2022. Under the Constitution of Brazil, the governor will be elected for a four-year term starting 1 January 2023.[1] and with the approval of Constitutional Amendment No. 111, it will end on 6 January, 2027.[2]

The incumbent governor, Cláudio Castro, a member of the Liberal Party, was eligible for a second term, and intended to run for reelection.[3] He was the Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro until Wilson Witzel was convicted and removed from office in 30 April 2021 as a result of his impeachment trial.[4] Castro beat his opponent Marcelo Freixo in the first round.[5]

For the election to the Federal Senate, the seat occupied by Romário (PL), elected in 2014 by the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), was at dispute. [6] Romário won reelection against a disparate field of candidates including Alessandro Molon, Clarissa Garotinho, and Daniel Silveira, whose candidacy was disaualified after the election.[5]

  1. ^ "Constituicao-Compilado". Planalto. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  2. ^ Senado, Agência (28 September 2021). "Promulgada emenda constitucional da reforma eleitoral". Senado Federal (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  3. ^ "De olho em 2022, Cláudio Castro criará secretaria para abrigar MDB". Crusoé (in Portuguese). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Tribunal aprova por unanimidade impeachment de Witzel, que fica inelegível por 5 anos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 30 April 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Tribuna Superior Eleitorial". Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  6. ^ Rio, Do G1 (5 October 2014). "Romário, do PSB, é eleito senador pelo Rio de Janeiro". Eleições 2014 no Rio de Janeiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 8 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)