2006 São Paulo gubernatorial election

1 October 2006 (2006-10-01)

Nominee José Serra Aloizio Mercadante Party PSDB PT Running mate Alberto Goldman Nádia Campeão Popular vote 12,381,038 6,771,582 Percentage 57.93% 31.68%

Candidate with the most votes per municipality (645):      José Serra (629 municipalities)      Aloizio Mercadante (13 municipalities)      Orestes Quércia (3 municipalities)

Governor before election Claudio Lembo PFL Elected Governor José Serra PSDB

2006 São Paulo gubernatorial election

1 October 2006 (2006-10-01)

Nominee Eduardo Suplicy Afif Domingos Party PT PFL Popular vote 8,986,803 8,212,177 Percentage 47.82% 43.70%

Candidate with the most votes per municipality (645):      Eduardo Suplicy      Afif Domingos

Senator before election Eduardo Suplicy PT Elected Senator Eduardo Suplicy PT

The São Paulo state elections of 2006 was held along with Brazilian general elections, on October 1 and on October 29, 2006. Since 1994, as a result of a constitutional amendment which reduced the presidential term to four years, all federal and state elections in Brazil have coincided. The state elections decide Governors and the state deputies for the Legislative Assemblies. Also, the members of the National Congress are elected by state.

Governor and Vice-Governor

In general, the rules of the presidential ballot also apply to the gubernatorial one. That is, the ballot is taken in two rounds, if no one reaches at least an absolute majority of the valid votes, a second round between the two most voted candidates will be held. All the candidates holding executive posts had to renounce till April 2, 2006 in order to be able to run.

The candidates for Governor of São Paulo were, in no particular order:

• The Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) – was the governing party, but governor Geraldo Alckmin could not run for reelection. Thus, the party had to appoint a new name for the run. After governor Alckmin was selected as the presidential candidate on a dispute with the state capital mayor José Serra, it was proposed that Serra should be the candidate for the state government.
• Workers' Party (PT) – the main opposition party in the state held primaries and chose Aloizio Mercadante, senator of São Paulo in the fourth year of his term (the term of a senator in Brazil is eight years-long).
• Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) – chose former governor of São Paulo Orestes Quércia as their candidate.
• Other candidates included Plinio de Arruda Sampaio (PSOL) and Carlos Apolinário (PDT)

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	4,291,456	21.08	17	6
	Workers' Party	3,869,122	19.01	14	4
	Liberal Front Party	1,587,703	7.80	5	2
	Progressive Party	1,571,945	7.72	6	3
	Green Party	1,442,429	7.09	5	3
	Brazilian Socialist Party	1,154,455	5.67	4	1
	Brazilian Labour Party	1,082,382	5.32	4	1
	Democratic Labour Party	1,037,481	5.10	3	2
	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party	792,331	3.89	3	1
	Liberal Party	668,164	3.28	2	1
	Christian Labour Party	527,373	2.59	2	2
	Popular Socialist Party	497,105	2.44	1	2
	Social Christian Party	476,306	2.34	1	1
	Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order	437,096	2.15	1	5
	Socialism and Liberty Party	295,933	1.45	1	New
	Communist Party of Brazil	258,731	1.27	1	1
	Christian Social Democratic Party	82,283	0.40	0
	Social Liberal Party	75,132	0.37	0
	Progressive Republican Party	33,478	0.16	0
	Humanist Party of Solidarity	31,474	0.15	0
	Labour Party of Brazil	27,945	0.14	0
	Party of National Mobilization	27,547	0.14	0
	Party of the Nation's Retirees	25,908	0.13	0
	United Socialist Workers' Party	18,227	0.09	0
	National Labour Party	14,715	0.07	0
	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party	12,110	0.06	0
	Brazilian Communist Party	10,456	0.05	0
	Workers' Cause Party	5,591	0.03	0
Total		20,354,878	100.00	70	–
Valid votes		20,354,878	85.63
Invalid votes		1,749,645	7.36
Blank votes		1,667,056	7.01
Total votes		23,771,579	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,037,734	84.78

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