| Election Name: | 2006 Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2002 Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2002 |
| Next Election: | 2010 Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Election Date: | 1 October 2006 (first round) 29 October 2006 (runoff) |
| Image1: | Yeda Crusius em dezembro de 2017.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Yeda Crusius |
| Party1: | Brazilian Social Democratic Party |
| Running Mate1: | Paulo Feijó |
| Popular Vote1: | 3,377,973 |
| Percentage1: | 53.94% |
| Nominee2: | Olívio Dutra |
| Party2: | Workers' Party (Brazil) |
| Running Mate2: | Jussara Cony |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,884,092 |
| Percentage2: | 46.06% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Germano Rigotto |
| Before Party: | Brazilian Democratic Movement Party |
| After Election: | Yeda Crusius |
| After Party: | Brazilian Social Democratic Party |
Most major parties launched gubernatorial candidates for the 2006 elections in Rio Grande do Sul:
Porto Alegre newspaper Correio do Povo published on 15 July 2006 an opinion poll with the following results:
A new poll was published by Correio do Povo on 23 September 2006:
In the end, Mr. Rigotto finished the first round in the third place, opening the way for a run-off between Crusius and Dutra, which the PSDB candidate won.[1]