2024 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election


2024 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election


The 2024 Rio de Janeiro municipal election will take place in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 6 October 2024. Voters will elect a mayor, vice mayor, and 51 city council members. The incumbent mayor, Eduardo Paes of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), is able to run for a second term.

If the most voted candidate on the first round doesn't achieve more than 50% of the votes, a second round will happen on 27 October 2024. The mayor's term will begin on 1 January 2025 and end on 31 December 2028.

Background

2020 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election

The last mayoral election in Rio de Janeiro, held in 2020, resulted in a largest victory of Eduardo Paes (DEM) in the second round. Paes obtained 1,629,319 votes (64.07% of the valid votes), while his opponent and former mayor Marcelo Crivella obtained 913,700 votes (or circa of 35.93% of the valid votes). Crivella attempted his own re-election and lost by a difference of 28 points.

An opinion poll conducted by Paraná Pesquisas in November 2023 asked Rio's citizens what they thought of Paes' government. His approval rate was 59.6% and those who disapproved of his management of the city were 35.3%.

Electoral calendar

Candidates

Potential candidates

Withdrawn candidates

  • Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) – State Deputy of Rio de Janeiro (2003–2019) and Senator for Rio de Janeiro (2019–present).
  • Pedro Duarte (NOVO) – Councillor of Rio de Janeiro (2021–present). He'll run for re-election as a councillor in a decision taken along with his party.
  • Otoni de Paula (MDB) – Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro (2019–present) and Councillor of Rio de Janeiro (2017–2019); he withdrew his candidacy on 14 June 2024 to take over the campaign coordination of Eduardo Paes with the Evangelical Christians.

Outgoing Municipal Chamber

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

Opinion polls

First round

2024

2023


Second round

Eduardo Paes and Alexandre Ramagem

Eduardo Paes and Tarcísio Motta

Eduardo Paes and Martha Rocha

Hypothetical scenario with Flávio Bolsonaro (withdrawn)

Rejection of candidates

In some opinion polls, the interviewee can choose more than one alternative (the so-called "multiple rejection"), therefore, the sum of the percentages of all candidates can exceed 100% of the votes in some scenarios.

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Notelist

References


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