Goiás gubernatorial election, 2010

Goiás gubernatorial election, 2010
October 31, 2010
Second turn

 
Nominee Marconi Perillo Iris Rezende
Party PSDB PMDB
Popular vote 1.551.132 1.376.188
Percentage 52,99% 47,01%

Governor before election

Alcides Rodrigues
PP

Elected Governor

Marconi Perillo
PSDB

The Goiás gubernatorial election, 2010 will be held on October 3, as part of the general elections in Brazil. In this election, the 4 million citizens from the state of Goiás eligible to vote will determine the successor to incumbent Governor Alcides Rodrigues, from the center-right Progressive Party (PP).

Rodrigues is constitutionally forbidden to run, once he finished Marconi Perillo's term as his Vice-Governor in 2006, when Perillo left the office to run for the Senate. During his administration, Rodrigues parted ways with his predecessor, and is supporting the candidacy of Vanderlan Cardoso, former mayor of Senador Canedo, from the Republic Party (PR). In spite of the Governor's support for Cardoso, the leading candidates are former Governors Iris Rezende of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), and Marconi Perillo of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB). Other candidates are Washington Fraga from the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL) and Marta Jane from the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB). If none of the candidates achieve more than a half of the valid votes, a run-off will be held on October 31, 2010.

On October 3, citizens from Goiás will also choose their representatives in both Federal (Chamber of Deputies and Senate) and local level (Legislative Assembly) legislatures, in addition to the next President of Brazil.

Opinion polling

Date Institute[1] Candidate None / Undecided
Marconi Perillo (PSDB) Iris Rezende (PMDB) Vanderlan Cardoso (PR) Washington Fraga (PSOL) Marta Jane (PCB)
August 1912, 2010 Ibope 45% 34% 5% 0% 0% 15%
July 59, 2010 Serpes 46,1% 39,3% 6,5% 0,3% 1,2% 6,7%
April 1025, 2010 Ecope 50% 38.9% 3.1% 0.5% 7.5%
April 713, 2010 Serpes 43.7% 39.9% 3.7% 0.3% 12.5%
September 30, 2009 Ecope 50% 31.5% 0.4% 12.4%

References

  1. (Portuguese) Poll tracker at UOL Notícias