2020 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election explained

Election Name:	2020 Rio de Janeiro municipal election
Country:	Brazil
Flag Image:	Bandeira da cidade do Rio de Janeiro.svg
Type:	presidential
Vote Type:	Popular
Previous Election:	2016 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election
Previous Year:	2016
Election Date:
Next Election:	2024 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election
Next Year:	2024
Module:	Embed: yes Election Name: 2020 Rio de Janeiro Mayoral election Type: Mayoral Ongoing: no Turnout: 67.21% (first round) 64.55% (second round) Alliance Name: no Candidate1: Eduardo Paes Party1: Democrats (Brazil) Running Mate1: Nilton Caldeira Alliance1: The Certainty of a Better Rio Popular Vote1: 1,629,319 Percentage1: 64.07% Candidate2: Marcelo Crivella Party2: Republicans (Brazil) Running Mate2: Andréa Firmo Alliance2: With God, for the Family and for Rio Popular Vote2: 913,700 Percentage2: 35.93% Opinion Polls: Opinion polls Mayor Before Election: Marcelo Crivella Before Party: Republicanos After Election: Eduardo Paes After Party: Democrats (Brazil) Module: Embed: yes Election Name: Parliamentary election Ongoing: no Heading1: Municipal Chamber Party1: Republicans (Brazil) Percentage1: 11.07 Last Election1: 3 Seats1: 7 Party2: Socialism and Liberty Party Leader2: Tarcísio Motta Percentage2: 10.95 Last Election2: 6 Seats2: 7 Party3: Democrats (Brazil) Percentage3: 10.37 Last Election3: 4 Seats3: 7 Party4: Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011) Percentage4: 4.65 Last Election4: 2 Seats4: 3 Party5: Workers' Party (Brazil) Leader5: Reimont Otoni Percentage5: 4.43 Last Election5: 2 Seats5: 3 Party6: Avante (political party) Percentage6: 4.40 Last Election6: 1 Seats6: 3 Party7: Liberal Party (Brazil, 2006) Percentage7: 4.17 Last Election7: 0 Seats7: 2 Party8: Cidadania Percentage8: 3.81 Last Election8: 0 Seats8: 3 Party9: Social Christian Party (Brazil) Leader9: Elitusalem Gomes Percentage9: 3.78 Last Election9: 3 Seats9: 2 Party10: Brazilian Labour Party (current) Percentage10: 3.23 Last Election10: 3 Seats10: 2 Party11: Solidariedade Percentage11: 2.89 Last Election11: 2 Seats11: 1 Party12: Party of National Mobilization Percentage12: 2.75 Last Election12: 2 Seats12: 1 Party13: Social Liberal Party (Brazil) Percentage13: 2.53 Last Election13: 0 Seats13: 1 Party14: Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) Leader14: Fernando William Percentage14: 2.37 Last Election14: 2 Seats14: 1 Party15: Christian Labour Party Percentage15: 2.27 Last Election15: 0 Seats15: 1 Party16: Christian Democracy (Brazil) Percentage16: 2.27 Last Election16: 0 Seats16: 1 Party17: Brazilian Democratic Movement Percentage17: 1.84 Last Election17: 10 Seats17: 1 Party18: Brazilian Social Democracy Party Percentage18: 0.73 Last Election18: 3 Seats18: 0

The 2020 Rio de Janeiro municipal election took place in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in November 2020^[1] to elect a mayor, a vice mayor, and 51 city councillors for the administration of the city. On the 29 November 2020 run-off election, former mayor Eduardo Paes, of the Democrats (DEM), defeated incumbent mayor Marcelo Crivella of the Republicans (REP), who lost his bid for re-election.^[2]

Candidates

Candidates in runoff

		Party	Mayoral candidate		Political office(s)	Vice-Mayoral candidate	Coalition
	10			Marcelo Crivella (REP)	Mayor of Rio de Janeiro 2017–present; Senator for Rio de Janeiro 2003-2017, Minister for Fishing and Aquaculture 2012-2014		With God, for the Family and for Rio REP, PATRI, SD, PODE, PP, PRTB, PTC, PMN
	25			Eduardo Paes (DEM)	Mayor of Rio de Janeiro 2009–2017; State Secretary of Tourism, Sport and Leisure of Rio de Janeiro 2007–2008; Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro 1999–2007; City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 1997–1999; Sub-Mayor of Barra da Tijuca and Jacarepaguá 1993–1997.		The Certainty of a Better Rio DEM, PL, PSDB, PV, DC, AVANTE, CDN

Candidates failing to make runoff

		Party	Mayoral candidate		Political office(s)	Vice-Mayoral candidate	Coalition
	12			Martha Rocha (PDT)	State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2015–present		United for Rio PDT, PSB
	13			Benedita da Silva (PT)	Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro 1987–95, 2011–present; Governor of Rio de Janeiro 2002–03; Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro 1999–2002; Senator for Rio de Janeiro 1995–1998; City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 1983–1987		It's the People's Time PT, PCdoB
	15			Paulo Messina (MDB)	City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 2017–present
	16			Cyro Garcia (PSTU)	Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro 1993; President of the Rio de Janeiro Bank Clerks' Union 1989-1990, 1991-1993, 1996-1997; President of the Rio de Janeiro branch of the United Socialist Workers' Party, 1994–present
	17			Luiz Lima (PSL)	Federal Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2019–present		Rio Has Options PSL, PSD
	18			Eduardo Bandeira de Mello (REDE)	President of Flamengo Rowing Club 2013-2018
	20			Glória Heloiza (PSC)	Judge of the 2nd Court of the Childhood, Youth and the Elderly of the Justice Court of Rio de Janeiro 1996-2020
	29			Henrique Simonard (PCO)	Student activist
	30			Fred Luz (NOVO)	CEO of Flamengo Rowing Club 2014-2018
	35			Sued Haidar (PMB)	President of the Party of the Brazilian Woman 2015–present
	50			Renata Souza (PSOL)	State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2019–present		A Rio of Hope PSOL, PCB, UP
	90			Clarissa Garotinho (PROS)	Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro 2015–present; State Secretary for Development, Employment and Innovation 2017-2018; State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2011-2015; City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 2009-2011

Withdrawn candidates

• Alessandro Molon (PSB) - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2011; State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2003–2011. Candidate for Mayor of Rio de Janeiro in 2016.^{[3] [4]}
• Arolde de Oliveira (PSD) - Senator from Rio de Janeiro since 2019; Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro 1984-2019.^{[5] [4]}
• Bruno Kazuhiro (DEM) - National President of the Democrats' Youth since 2014.^{[6] [4]}
• Cabo Daciolo (PL) - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro 2015−2019. Candidate for President of Brazil in 2018.^{[7] [8]}
• Carlo Caiado (DEM) - City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 2013-2019; State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro since 2019.^[4]
• Hélio Lopes (PSL) - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2019.^{[9] [4]}
• Hugo Leal (PSD) - Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro 2007–present; State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 1999-2006.
• Luiz Paulo Corrêa da Silva (PSDB) - State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro since 2003; Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro 1995–1999.^{[2] [4]}
• Marcelo Calero (CDN) - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2019; Minister of Culture 2016.^[10]
• Marcelo Freixo (PSOL) - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2019; State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2007–2019.^{[2] [4] [11]}
• Mariana Ribas (PSDB) - Municipal Secretary of Culture of Rio de Janeiro; Director of Ancine 2018−2019.^{[12] [13] [14] [4]}
• Otoni de Paula (PSC) - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro since 2019; City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 2017-2019.^{[15] [4]}
• Paulo Marinho (PSDB) - Businessman.^{[16] [17]}
• Paulo Rabello de Castro (PSC) - Former president of BNDES 2017-2018; former president of IBGE 2016-2017.^{[18] [4]}
• Pedro Fernandes Neto (PSC) - State Secretary of Education of Rio de Janeiro since 2019; State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro 2007–2019; Municipal Secretary of Social Assistance and Human Rights of Rio de Janeiro 2017–2018; State Secretary of Science, Technology, Innovation and Social Development of Rio de Janeiro 2017; State Secretary of Social Assistance and Human Rights of Rio de Janeiro 2014, 2017; Municipal Secretary of the Environment of Rio de Janeiro 2008.^{[19] [4]}
• Rodrigo Amorim (PSL - State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro since 2019.^{[2] [20]}
• Indio da Costa (Independent) - Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro 2007–2011, 2015–2019; Municipal Secretary of Urbanism, Infrastructure and Housing of Rio de Janeiro 2017–2018; Municipal Secretary of Administration of Rio de Janeiro 2001–2006; City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro 1997–2006.

Opinion polls

Polling aggregates

Active candidates
Eduardo Paes (DEM)
Marcelo Crivella (REP)
Martha Rocha (PDT)
Benedita da Silva (PT)
Luiz Lima (PSL)
Renata Souza (PSOL)
Others
Abstentions/Undecided

First round

Published after the campaign's start

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Paes	Crivella	Rocha	Silva	Mello	Garotinho	Lima	Souza	Garcia	Messina	Luz	Heloiza	Haidar	Simonard	Abst. Undec.	Lead
			data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"				data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"
2020 Election	15 Nov	2,633,322	37.01%	21.90%	11.30%	11.27%	2.48%	0.46%	6.85%	3.24%	0.11%	2.93%	1.76%	0.52%	0.15%	0.02%	19.23%	15.11%
Ibope (exit poll)	15 Nov	5,000	33%	17%	9%	12%	2%	1%	5%	2%	<1%	2%	1%	<1%	<1%	<1%	15%	16%
IBOPE	12–14 Nov	1,204	35%	14%	9%	11%	3%	0%	5%	2%	0%	2%	2%	0%	0%	0%	16%	21%
Paraná Pesquisas	29 Oct–1 Nov	910	27.7%	14.1%	14%	8.2%	3.2%	1.2%	4.2%	1.9%	0.7%	1.2%	1.2%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%	21.8%	13.6%
RealTime BigData	26–28 Oct	1,000	31%	12%	13%	10%	3%	3%	4%	4%	0%	1%	2%	0%	0%	1%	15%	18%
IBOPE	28–30 Oct	1,204	32%	14%	14%	9%	2%	0%	4%	2%	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	20%	18%
Datafolha^[21]	20–21 Oct	1,008	28%	13%	13%	10%	3%	1%	4%	5%	2%	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%	20%	15%
RealTime BigData	14–17 Oct	1,050	31%	11%	9%	7%	3%	1%	2%	2%	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	32%	20%
IBOPE	13–15 Oct	1,001	30%	12%	8%	7%	3%	1%	3%	3%	2%	1%	0%	0%	-	0%	28%	18%
RealTime Big Data	13–15 Oct	1,000	31%	15%	12%	10%	5%	3%	2%	3%	0%	1%	1%	0%	<1%	<1%	24%	16%
DataFolha	5–6 Oct	900	30%	14%	10%	8%	3%	1%	1%	3%	2%	1%	1%	<1%	<1%	<1%	25%	16%
IBOPE	30 Sep–2 Oct	805	27%	12%	8%	7%	2%	2%	1%	2%	3%	<1%	<1%	<1%	<1%	<1%	35%	15%
Exame/Ideia	25–29 Sep	800	26%	17%	12%	10%	4%	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	22%	9%
Paraná Pesquisas	20–24 Sep	910	25.1%	13.6%	11.8%	7.3%	3.6%	2.2%	1.9%	1,6%	1.0%	0.9%	0.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.1%	28.0%	11.5%

Published before the campaign's start

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Paes	Crivella	Rocha	Daciolo	Alencar	Motta	Freixo	Molon	Mello	Silva	Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
			data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"					data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"		data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"
Paraná Pesquisas	15–19 Aug	910	29.5%	15.7%	10.1%	5.2%	-	–	-	–	-	7.4%	7.7%	24.5%	14.5%
			28.6%	15.4%	9.3%	5.1%	–	–	-	-	-	7.0%	11.9%	22.9%	13.2%
Instituto VER	20–23 May	1,000	31.3%	10.8%	6.8%	–	4.5%	–	–	2.9%	–	2.1%	2.2%	39.3%	20.5%
			25.1%	9.6%	6.0%	–	–	3.8%	–	3.1%	–	6.6%	1.5%	42.8%	15.5%
15 Mar 2020		Marcelo Freixo drops out of the race
Paraná Pesquisas	14–19 Mar	910	27.9%	13.1%	10.1%	–	–	–	13.4%	–	3.6%	4.3%	7.5%	20.9%	14.5%
			29.5%	13.1%	12.0%	–	–	–	14.5%	–	4.3%	–	4.0%	22.6%	15.0%
Datafolha	11–13 Dec 2019	872	22%	8%	7%	–	–	–	18%	2%	6%	4%	5%	27%	3%
2016 election	2 Oct 2016	–	–	27.78%	–	–	–	–	18.26%	1.43%	–	–	52.50%	18.27%	9.52%

Second round

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Paes	Crivella	Abst. Undec.	Lead
			data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"				data-sort-type="number" class="sortable" style="background:;"
2020 election	29 Nov	–	64.07%	35.93%	18.80%	28.14%
Ibope	23–25 Nov	1,001	53%	28%	19%	25%
Datafolha	16–18 Nov	1,254	54%	21%	25%	33%
Ibope	16–18 Nov	1,001	53%	23%	23%	30%
RealTime Big Data/CNN Brasil	16–17 Nov	1,050	71%	29%	–	43%

Debates

2020 São Paulo mayoral election debates
	Date and location	Hosts	Moderators	Participants
Key:	scope=col style=background:		scope=col style=background:		scope=col style=background:		scope=col style=background:		scope=col style=background:		scope=col style=background:		scope=col style=background:		scope=col style=background:		scope=col style=background:		scope=col style=background:		scope=col style=background:
Paes	Crivella	Silva	Lima	Heloiza	Rocha	Garotinho	Souza	Messina	Luz	Mello
scope=row style=text-align:center	1.1	style=max-width:14em	Thursday, 1 October 2020 Rio de Janeiro, Vila Isabel	style=max-width:12em	Band	style=max-width:16em	Carlos Andreazza
scope=row style=text-align:center	2.1	style=max-width:14em	Tuesday, 17 November 2020 Rio de Janeiro, Ventura Corporate Towers	style=max-width:12em	CNN Brazil	style=max-width:16em	Monalisa Perrone			rowspan=3 colspan=9
scope=row style=text-align:center	2.2	style=max-width:14em	Thursday, 19 November 2020 Rio de Janeiro, Vila Isabel	style=max-width:12em	Band	style=max-width:16em	Mariana Procópio
scope=row style=text-align:center	2.3	style=max-width:14em	Friday, 27 November 2020 São Paulo, Jacarepaguá	style=max-width:12em	Globo	style=max-width:16em	Ana Paula Araújo

Municipal Chamber

The result of the last municipal election and the current situation in the Municipal Chamber is given below:

Affiliation		Members
		data-sort-type=number style="width: 80px;"	Elected^[22]	Current^[23]
	10	1
	6	6
	4	8
	3	6
	3	0
	3	3
	3	1
	2	2
	2	2
	2	6
	2	2
	2	0
	2	3
	2	1
	1	0
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	2
	0	1
	0	2
	0	1
	0	1
Total		51

Results

Municipal Chamber

Notes and References

1. Web site: Câmara aprova PEC que adia para novembro eleições deste ano. 2020-07-03. G1. July 2020 . pt-br.
2. Web site: Os prováveis candidatos a prefeito do Rio em 2020. Diário do Rio. pt. Quintino. Gomes Freire. 28 October 2018. 1 April 2019.
3. Web site: PSB confirma Márcio França como pré-candidato à Prefeitura de São Paulo. Jovem Pan. pt. Victoria. Abel. 15 July 2019. 16 July 2019.
4. Web site: Os pré-candidatos confirmados à Prefeitura do Rio em 2020. Diário do Rio. pt. Quintino. Gomes Freire. 11 March 2020. 15 May 2020.
5. Web site: Os pré-candidatos a prefeito do Rio em 2020. Freire. Quintino Gomes. 2019-08-10. Diário do Rio de Janeiro. pt-BR. 2019-08-10.
6. Web site: Será Eduardo Paes pré-candidato a Prefeito do Rio em 2020?. Freire. Quintino Gomes. 2019-07-18. Diário do Rio de Janeiro. pt-BR. 2019-07-27.
7. Web site: Bruno. Cássio. 28 February 2019. Cabo Daciolo embarca no Podemos para concorrer à Prefeitura do Rio. 17 October 2019. O Dia. pt.
8. Web site: Lucena. Felipe. 2020-05-18. Cabo Daciolo deve ser o candidato do PL à Prefeitura do Rio. 2020-06-15. Diário do Rio de Janeiro. pt-BR.
9. Web site: Bolsonaro escolhe o seu candidato a prefeito do Rio. Saiba quem é. Jardim. Lauro. Lauro Jardim - O Globo. 21 August 2019 . pt-br. 2019-08-21.
10. Web site: Eleições 2020: Paes estuda troca de partido para concorrer à prefeitura. Extra Online. 29 July 2019 . pt-BR. 2019-07-30.
11. Web site: Marcelo Freixo desiste de se candidatar à Prefeitura do Rio. UOL. pt. Gabriel. Sabóia. 15 May 2020. 15 May 2020.
12. Web site: Cenário para as eleições 2020 no Rio prevê disputa maior por um lugar ao Sol. Uol. pt. Chico. Alves. 8 September 2019. 9 September 2019.
13. Web site: Mariana Ribas deve ser a candidata do PSDB a prefeita do Rio em 2020. Freire. Quintino Gomes. 2019-08-06. Diário do Rio de Janeiro. pt-BR. 2019-08-07.
14. Web site: Com aval de Doria, Mariana Ribas será a candidata do PSDB à Prefeitura do Rio. Extra Online. 6 August 2019 . pt-BR. 2019-08-07.
15. Web site: Freire. Quintino Gomes. 2019-08-01. Benedita pode ser a candidata a prefeita do Rio em 2020. 2019-08-01. Diário do Rio de Janeiro. pt-BR.
16. Web site: Freire. Quintino Gomes. 2020-03-16. Paulo Marinho será o pré-candidato a prefeito do Rio em 2020 pelo PSDB. 2020-06-15. Diário do Rio de Janeiro. pt-BR.
17. Web site: 2020-03-17. PSDB escolhe Paulo Marinho para substituir Bebianno, e partido de Witzel lança pré-candidatura de ex-juíza. 2020-06-15. O Globo. pt-BR.
18. Web site: Paulo Rabello de Castro pode ser o nome de Witzel para prefeito do Rio em 2020. Freire. Quintino Gomes. 2019-10-17. Diário do Rio de Janeiro. pt-BR. 2019-10-23.
19. Web site: Apoio de Witzel a candidato de Bolsonaro à prefeitura do Rio em 2020 é incerto. 2019-07-23. O Globo. pt-BR. 2019-07-26.
20. Web site: PSL lança pré-candidatura de Rodrigo Amorim à Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro. 2020-06-19. G1. 16 June 2020 . pt-br.
21. Web site: Pesquisa Datafolha no Rio de Janeiro: Paes, 28%; Crivella, 13%; Martha, 13%; Benedita, 10% . 2020-10-22 . 2020-10-22 . G1.
22. Web site: Veja os 51 vereadores eleitos para a Câmara Municipal do Rio. G1. pt. 2 October 2016. 29 September 2020.
23. Web site: Câmara Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. pt. 29 September 2020.