Election Name: | 2014 Tocantins gubernatorial election |
Country: | Tocantins |
Party Name: | yes |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | Yes |
Previous Election: | 2010 Tocantins gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 2010 |
Next Election: | 2018 Tocantins gubernatorial special election |
Next Year: | June 2018 |
Election Date: | 5 October 2014 |
Nominee1: | Marcelo Miranda |
Running Mate1: | Cláudia Lelis |
Party1: | Brazilian Democratic Movement Party |
Popular Vote1: | 360,640 |
Percentage1: | 51.30% |
Nominee2: | Sandoval Cardoso |
Running Mate2: | Angelo Agnolin |
Party2: | Solidarity (Brazil) |
Popular Vote2: | 314,392 |
Percentage2: | 44.72% |
Nominee3: | Ataídes Oliveira |
Running Mate3: | Cinthia Ribeiro |
Party3: | Republican Party of the Social Order |
Popular Vote3: | 24,874 |
Percentage3: | 3.54% |
Map Size: | 200px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Sandoval Cardoso |
Before Party: | Solidarity (Brazil) |
After Election: | Marcelo Miranda |
After Party: | Brazilian Democratic Movement Party |
The Tocantins gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next governor of the state of Tocantins, Brazil. If no candidate had received more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election would have been held on 26 October.[1] Governor Sandoval Cardoso ran for his first full term after becoming governor in 2014, but lost to former Governor Marcelo Miranda in the first round.[2]