The populace in 15 capitals has chosen their unused chairman this Sunday (27)
In the moment circular of Brazil’s civil decisions on Sunday (27), 33.9 million Brazilians in 15 capitals and 51 districts chose who will involve the mayoral situate for the following four a long time beginning in 2025. The country’s metropolitan races started on October 6 and had a moment circular with no surprises.
São Paulo chose to keep right winger Ricardo Nunes as chairman with 59.35% of the vote, overcoming left-wing candidate Guilherme Boulos, who was backed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and wrapped up with 40.65%.
Nunes had the back of previous President Jair Bolsonaro and São Paulo Senator Tarcísio de Freitas, who spread fake news on decision day , affirming a association between a Brazilian organized wrongdoing syndicate and assumed calls for votes for Boulos.
Porto Alegre, the capital city of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil, which is still attempting to revamp after the destroying surges in May, has reelected the current chairman, right winger Sebastião Melo, with 61.5% of the votes. Maria do Rosário, a candidate too backed by President Lula, had 38.5%.
During the campaign, Melo was blamed of carelessness in caring for the pumping stations and waste framework that may have anticipated the disastrous flooding of the Guaíba Waterway. The chairman too confronted feedback for proposing the privatization of the Metropolitan Water and Sewage Division, which serves the city.
Belém, the capital of Pará, which will have the COP30 in 2025, affirmed the huge lead among its candidates. Centrist Igor Normando had 56.36% of voting eagerly, whereas Éder Mauro, moreover upheld by Bolsonaro, had 43.64%. Belém faces genuine urban natural issues, with less than 3% of its sewage treated, flooding channels that cut through the city’s neighborhoods, and wasteful trash collection and transfer.
In the state of Sergipe, Aracaju has chosen its to begin with female chairman. Emília Correa, from the same party as Bolsonaro, gotten 57.45% of the substantial votes, beating candidate Luiz Roberto, who had 42.55%.
In Belo Horizonte, the candidate who kept up the lead from the to begin with circular, Fuad Noman—who characterizes himself as not one or the other from the cleared out nor the right—was chosen to be the following chairman with 53.76% of the votes, winning against another candidate backed by Bolsonaro, Bruno Engler, who had 46.24% of the votes.
In Fortaleza, the capital of Ceará, Evandro Leitão was chosen the unused chairman with 50.4% of the vote, beating another Bolsonaro-backed candidate, André Fernandes, who had 49.6%. Leitão won with the back of the well known developments and President Lula.
In Goiânia, previous agent and the wealthiest candidate in the nation, Sandro Mabel, will be the unused chairman. Mabel won 55.51% of the vote, appearing a turnaround from the to begin with circular, against Fred Rodrigues, another candidate bolstered by Bolsonaro, who had 44.49%.
In Natal, right-wing Paulinho Freire, who was driving the most recent surveys, won 55.3% of the votes, whereas his rival, radical Natália Bonavides, had 44.7%.
In Olinda, with a contract 4% edge, the notable city of Pernambuco chosen Mirella Almeida as the another leader with 51% of the votes. The traditionalist candidate crushed liberal councilor Vinicius Castello, who had been pushing for human rights, combating prejudice, and restricting the far-right in the city, who finished with 48%.
The leaders chosen in the 26 capitals, along with all Brazilian cities that chosen their agents in the 2024 metropolitan decisions, will take office on January 1, 2025
