2014 Bahia gubernatorial election

The Bahia gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next Governor of the state of Bahia. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election will be held on 26 October.[1] Governor Jaques Wagner is ineligible to run due to term limits (eight years). In a stunning upset, the PT nominee Rui Costa won the election with 54.5% of valid votes against 37.3% of Paulo Souto in the first-round.[2]

2014 Bahia gubernatorial election
October 5, 2014
 
Nominee Rui Costa Paulo Souto Lídice da Mata
Party PT DEM PSB
Running mate João Leão Joaci Góes Eduardo Vasconcelos
Popular vote 3,558,975 2,440,409 432,379
Percentage 54.53% 37.39% 6.62%
Governor before election

Jaques Wagner
PT

 Elected Governor

Rui Costa
PT

Candidates
CandidateRunning mateCoalition
Rui Costa
PT		João Leão
PP
"Pra Bahia Mudar Mais"
(PT, PP, PSD, PDT, PR, PCdoB, PTB, PMN)
Renata Mallet
PSTU		Carlos José Bispo do Nascimento
PSTU
-
Paulo Souto
DEM		Joaci Góes
PSDB
"Unidos pela Bahia"
(DEM, PSDB, PMDB, SD, PTN, PROS, PRB, PSC, PTC,
PV, PPS, PRP, PTdoB, PSDC)
Rogério Tadeu da Luz
PRTB		Antônio Gomes de Andrade Neto
PRTB
"Por uma Bahia Livre e Justa"
(PRTB, PEN)
Lídice da Mata
PSB		Eduardo Lima Vasconcelos
PSL
"Um Novo Caminho para a Bahia"
(PSB, PSL, PPL)
Marcos Mendes
PSOL		Ronaldo Santos
PSOL
-

Opinion Polling
Date Institute[3][4] Candidate Blank/Null/Undecided
Rui Costa (PT) Paulo Souto (DEM) Lídice da Mata (PSB) Rogério da Luz (PRTB) Marcos Mendes (PSOL) Renata Mallet (PSTU)
September 29–October 4, 2014 Ibope 36% 36% 4% 1% 1% 1% 22%
September 23–29, 2014 Babesp 34% 35% 6% - - - 25%
September 21–23, 2014 Ibope 27% 43% 7% - 1% 1% 21%
September 16–21, 2014 Babesp 28% 37% 9% - - - 26%
September 6–9, 2014 Ibope 24% 46% 6% 1% 1% - 22%

References
  1. http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/politica/tse-aprova-calendario-e-divulga-datas-das-eleicoes-de-2014,37d5c160a9ace310VgnVCM10000098cceb0aRCRD.html
  2. (in Portuguese) http://g1.globo.com/bahia/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/10/rui-costa-do-pt-e-eleito-governador-da-bahia.html
  3. (in Portuguese) Poll tracker at UOL Notícias
  4. (in Portuguese) http://eleicoes.uol.com.br/2014/pesquisas-eleitorais/bahia/1-turno/
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