2014 Bahia gubernatorial election

2014 Bahia gubernatorial election

October 5, 2014

Nominee Rui Costa Paulo Souto Lídice da Mata Party PT DEM PSB Running mate João Leão Joaci Góes Eduardo Vasconcelos Popular vote 3,558,975 2,440,409 432,379 Percentage 54.53% 37.39% 6.62%

Governor before election Jaques Wagner PT Elected Governor Rui Costa PT

The Bahia gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next governor of the state of Bahia. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election will be held on 26 October. Governor Jaques Wagner is ineligible to run due to term limits (eight years). In a stunning upset, the PT nominee Rui Costa won the election with 54.5% of valid votes against 37.3% of Paulo Souto in the first-round.

Candidates

Candidate	Running mate	Coalition
Rui Costa PT	João Leão PP	"Pra Bahia Mudar Mais" (PT, PP, PSD, PDT, PR, PCdoB, PTB, PMN)
Renata Mallet PSTU	Carlos José Bispo do Nascimento PSTU	-
Paulo Souto DEM	Joaci Góes PSDB	"Unidos pela Bahia" (DEM, PSDB, PMDB, SD, PTN, PROS, PRB, PSC, PTC, PV, PPS, PRP, PTdoB, PSDC)
Rogério Tadeu da Luz PRTB	Antônio Gomes de Andrade Neto PRTB	"Por uma Bahia Livre e Justa" (PRTB, PEN)
Lídice da Mata PSB	Eduardo Lima Vasconcelos PSL	"Um Novo Caminho para a Bahia" (PSB, PSL, PPL)
Marcos Mendes PSOL	Ronaldo Santos PSOL	-

Opinion Polling

Date	Institute	Candidate						Blank/Null/Undecided
		Rui Costa (PT)	Paulo Souto (DEM)	Lídice da Mata (PSB)	Rogério da Luz (PRTB)	Marcos Mendes (PSOL)	Renata Mallet (PSTU)
September 29–October 4, 2014	Ibope	36%	36%	4%	1%	1%	1%	22%
September 23–29, 2014	Babesp	34%	35%	6%	-	-	-	25%
September 21–23, 2014	Ibope	27%	43%	7%	-	1%	1%	21%
September 16–21, 2014	Babesp	28%	37%	9%	-	-	-	26%
September 6–9, 2014	Ibope	24%	46%	6%	1%	1%	-	22%

References

• Eleições 2014 - Apuração de votos na BA (in Portuguese)