2022 Brazilian gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections were held in Brazil on 2 October 2022 as part of the nationwide general elections to elect tickets with state governors and their vice governors (as well as the Governor of the Federal District and their vice governor). A second round was held on 30 October for states where no candidate was able to secure more than half of the votes in the first round.

Background

The behind-the-scenes run for governor in the state began after the 2020 Brazilian municipal elections, According to Brazilian electoral law, no one candidate can be declared before July 2022, until then all quoted persons to be candidates are called pre-candidates or potential candidates.

Overview

2022 Brazilian gubernatorial elections

State	Outgoing Governor			Winner			%	Leading opponent			%	References
	Name	Party		Name	Party			Name	Party
AC	Gladson Cameli		PP	Gladson Cameli Reelected in the 1st round		PP	56.75%	Jorge Viana		PT	24.21%
AL	Paulo Dantas		MDB	Paulo Dantas Reelected in the 2nd round		MDB	52.33%	Rodrigo Cunha		UNIÃO	47.67%
AP	Waldez Góes		PDT	Clécio Luís Elected in the 1st round		SD	53.69%	Jaime Nunes		PSD	42.58%
AM	Wilson Lima		UNIÃO	Wilson Lima Reelected in the 2nd round		UNIÃO	56.65%	Eduardo Braga		MDB	43.35%
BA	Rui Costa		PT	Jerônimo Rodrigues Elected in the 2nd round		PT	52.79%	ACM Neto		UNIÃO	47.21%
CE	Izolda Cela	No Party		Elmano de Freitas Elected in the 1st round		PT	54.02%	Capitão Wagner		UNIÃO	31.72%
ES	Renato Casagrande		PSB	Renato Casagrande Reelected in the 2nd round		PSB	53.80%	Carlos Manato		PL	46.20%
DF	Ibaneis Rocha		MDB	Ibaneis Rocha Reelected in the 1st round		MDB	50.31%	Leandro Grass		PV	26.26%
GO	Ronaldo Caiado		UNIÃO	Ronaldo Caiado Reelected in the 1st round		UNIÃO	51.81%	Gustavo Mendanha		PATRI	25.20%
MA	Carlos Brandão		PSB	Carlos Brandão Reelected in the 1st round		PSB	51.29%	Lahesio Bonfim		PSC	24.87%
MT	Mauro Mendes		UNIÃO	Mauro Mendes Reelected in the 1st round		UNIÃO	68.45%	Marcia Pinheiro		PV	16.41%
MS	Reinaldo Azambuja		PSDB	Eduardo Riedel Elected in the 2nd round		PSDB	56.90%	Capitão Contar		PRTB	43.10%
MG	Romeu Zema		NOVO	Romeu Zema Reelected in the 1st round		NOVO	56.18%	Alexandre Kalil		PSD	35.08%
PR	Ratinho Júnior		PSD	Ratinho Júnior Reelected in the 1st round		PSD	69.64%	Roberto Requião		PT	26.23%
PB	João Azevêdo		PSB	João Azevêdo Reelected in the 2nd round		PSB	52.51%	Pedro Cunha Lima		PSDB	47.49%
PA	Helder Barbalho		MDB	Helder Barbalho Reelected in the 1st round		MDB	70.41%	Zequinha Marinho		PL	27.13%
PE	Paulo Câmara		PSB	Raquel Lyra Elected in the 2nd round		PSDB	58.70%	Marília Arraes		SD	41.30%
PI	Regina Sousa		PT	Rafael Fonteles Elected in the 1st round		PT	57.17%	Sílvio Mendes		UNIÃO	41.62%
RJ	Cláudio Castro		PL	Cláudio Castro Reelected in the 1st round		PL	58.67%	Marcelo Freixo		PSB	27.38%
RN	Fátima Bezerra		PT	Fátima Bezerra Reelected in the 1st round		PT	58.31%	Fábio Dantas		SD	22,22%
RS	Ranolfo Vieira Júnior		PSDB	Eduardo Leite Reelected in the 2nd round		PSDB	57.12%	Onyx Lorenzoni		PL	42.88%
RO	Marcos Rocha		UNIÃO	Marcos Rocha Reelected in the 2nd round		UNIÃO	52.47%	Marcos Rogério		PL	47.53%
RR	Antonio Denarium		PP	Antonio Denarium Reelected in the 1st round		PP	56.47%	Teresa Surita		MDB	41.14%
SC	Carlos Moisés		REP	Jorginho Mello Elected in the 2nd round		PL	70.69%	Décio Lima		PT	29.31%
SP	Rodrigo Garcia		PSDB	Tarcísio de Freitas Elected in the 2nd round		REP	55.27%	Fernando Haddad		PT	44.73%
SE	Belivaldo Chagas		PSD	Fábio Mitidieri Elected in the 2nd round		PSD	51.70%	Rogério Carvalho Santos		PT	48.30%
TO	Wanderlei Barbosa		REP	Wanderlei Barbosa Reelected in the 1st round		REP	58.14%	Ronaldo Dimas		PL	22.50%

North

2022 Acre gubernatorial election

2 October 2022 (2022-10-02)

Candidate Gladson Cameli Jorge Viana Mara Rocha Party PP PT MDB Alliance Advance to do more Brazil of Hope Hope for a Better Acre Starts Now! Running mate Mailza Gomes Marcus Alexandre Fernando Alvares Zamora Popular vote 242,100 103,265 47,173 Percentage 56.75% 24.21% 11.06%

Most voted candidate by municipality (22):   Glason Cameli (20)   Jorge Viana (2)

Acre

In Acre, incumbent Governor Gladson Cameli was reelected in the first round with 56.75% of the vote.

2018 election

In 2018, Glason Cameli, a former senator for Acre and civil engineer affiliated with the Progressistas, was elected governor with 53.71% of the vote against Workers' Party candidate Marcus Alexandre and Social Liberal Party candidate Coronel Ulysses in the first round. Cameli, a supporter of President Jair Bolsonaro, broke the rule of the PT in Acre after 20 years.

He was elected along with his Vice-Governor Wherles Fernandes da Rocha, also known as Major Rocha, a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party. Rocha during his tenure switched to the Social Liberal Party, the Brazil Union, and then the Brazilian Democratic Movement, a party which opposed Cameli in the 2022 election.

Operation Ptolemy

Cameli's first term saw a corruption investigation called Operation Ptolemy in 2021, in which the Federal Police investigated criminal organizations in Acre. Though Cameli has not been specifically targeted, the police seized some of Cameli's possessions, banned his international travel, and seized his passport. The police are also investigating his father Eladio Cameli and his brother Gledson Cameli. Overall the Federal Police found that at least 268.6 million reals in public funds had been stolen by the criminal organizations in fraudulent public contracts, but have not implicated Cameli.

Given no charge in the investigation prohibited his candidacy by the Superior Electoral Court or by the Ficha Limpa, which bans politicians convicted by a court, impeached, or resigned to avoid impeachment of running for eight years, Cameli was able to run for reelection.

Candidates

The election saw all three incumbent senators for Acre run, either for governor or vice governor. The candidates were as follows:

• Gladson Cameli (PP), the incumbent governor, ran for reelection along with Maliza Gomes (PP) as vice governor. Gomes served as Cameli's alternate in the 2014 elections where he was elected senator and then as senator once Cameli was elected governor from 2019-2022. She was replaced by Bispo José (PL). Cameli's coalition "Advance to do more" was made up of the PP, PDT, Always Forward (PSDB, CID), PODE, SD, PATRI, PMN, DC, and PMB.
• Jorge Viana (PT), a forestry engineer, who served as Mayor of Rio Branco from 1993 to 1997, Governor of Acre from 1999 to 2007, and Senator for Acre from 2011 to 2019, ran along with Marcus Alexandre (PT) for vice governor, the previous challenger to Cameli. Viana's coalition was made up of the Brazil of Hope Federation (PT, PV, and PCdoB).
• Mara Rocha (MDB), a Federal Deputy and sister of Cameli's first vice governor Major Rocha, ran along with Fernando Alvares Zamora (PRTB), an agricultural producer for vice governor. Her coalition "Hope for a Better Acre Starts Now!" was composed of the MDB, PRTB, REP, and PL.
• Sérgio de Oliveira Cunha (PSD) also known as Petecão, a Senator for Acre first elected in 2010, who formerly served as President of the Legislative Assembly of Acre and as Federal Deputy, ran along with Tota Filho (PSD), an attorney from Cruzeiro do Sul. Petecão's coalition "With the Strength of the People" was composed of the PSD, AVANTE, PROS, and PTB.
• Márcio Bittar (UNIÃO), a former cattle rancher and senator first elected in 2018, who formerly served as a Federal Deputy, ran along with Dr. Georgia Micheletti (UNIÃO) for vice governor. Bittar's coalition was only made up of the Brazil Union, a party founded in 2021 as a union between the Democrats and Social Liberal Party, though Bittar was elected senator as a member of the MDB.
• Professor Nilson (PSOL), a college professor, ran along with Jane Rosas (PSOL), a business administrator. The coalition was made up of the PSOL REDE Federation of the Socialism and Liberty Party and the Sustainability Network.
• David Hall (AGIR), a high school teacher, ran along with Jorgiene Carneiro (AGIR). Their party Act or Agir in Portuguese ran an isolated ticket. The party was previously the Christian Labor Party and the National Reconstruction Party of the victorious Fernando Collor de Melo in 1989 elections.

Results

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Gladson Cameli (incumbent)	Mailza Gomes	PP	242,100	56.75
	Jorge Viana	Marcus Alexandre	PT	103,265	24.21
	Mara Rocha	Fernando Zamora	MDB	47,173	11.06
	Sérgio Petecão	Tota Filho	PSD	27,393	6.42
	Márcio Bittar	Georgia Micheletti	UNIÃO	4,773	1.12
	Nilson Euclides	Jane Rosas	PSOL	1,125	0.26
	David Hall	Jorgiene Carneiro	Agir	771	0.18
Total				426,600	100.00
Valid votes				426,600	93.67
Invalid votes				21,077	4.63
Blank votes				7,761	1.70
Total votes				455,438	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				587,222	77.56
	PP hold

2022 Amazonas gubernatorial election

2 October 2022 (2022-10-02)

Candidate Wilson Lima Eduardo Braga Party UNIÃO MDB Alliance Here is Work In Defense of Life Running mate Tadeu de Souza Anne Moura Popular vote 1,039,192 795,098 Percentage 56.65% 43.35%

Most voted candidate by municipality (22):   Wilson Lima (34)   Eduardo Braga (28)

Amazonas

In Amazonas, incumbent governor Wilson Lima was re-elected in the second round against former governor Eduardo Braga with 56.65% to Braga's 43.35%

2018

In 2018, Wilson Lima, a reporter and TV presenter most known for the program Alô Amazonas, was elected in the second round against incumbent governor Amazonino Mendes 58.50% to 41.50%. Lima, a supporter of Jair Bolsonaro, ran as a member of the Social Christian Party, a minor evangelical conservative movement. Mendes had been elected in 2017 in the supplementary elections after the impeachment of José Melo de Oliveira, who was elected in 2014.

Lima's Lt. Governor in 2018 was Carlos Almeida, a public defender affiliated with the right wing nationalist Brazilian Labor Renewal Party (PRTB). Almeida, having joined the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB), broke with Lima in 2020 over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Amazonas, believing that Lima's enforcement of the Bolsonaro administration's Herd immunity policy was wrong. Almeida subsequently joined the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, which opposed Lima in the 2022 election.

Lima joined the Brazil Union (UNIÃO), a merger of the former Christian democratic Democrats (DEM) and conservative liberal Social Liberal Party (PSL), for the election.

Candidates

The election saw two former governors run, along with the incumbent. The candidates were as follows:

• Wilson Lima (UNIÃO), the incumbent governor, ran for reelection along with Tadeu de Souza (AVANTE) as vice governor. Souza, a lawyer and close ally of the Manaus Mayor David Almeida, served as Lima's chief of staff from 2021 to 2022, after serving in the bureaucracy of Manaus. Lima was endorsed by Jair Bolsonaro in the second round, but Lima outperformed Bolsonaro by 6 points. Lima's coalition "Here is Work" was made up of the UNIÃO, AVANTE, PL, PTB, PATRI, PMN, PRTB, PSC, REP and PP.
• Eduardo Braga (MDB), an entrepreneur and long time politician, who served as Mayor of Manaus from 1994 to 1997, Governor of Amazonas from 2003 to 2010, Senator for Amazonas from 2011 to present, and Minister of Mines and Energy in the Rousseff administration, ran along with Anne Moura (PT) for vice governor, the National Secretary for Women of the Worker's Party. He was endorsed by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Braga's coalition was made up of the MDB, Brazil of Hope Federation (PT, PV, and PCdoB), and PSD.

  

  Amazonino Mendes, a former governor and mayor of Manaus, came third in the election. He died on 12 February 2023 at 83.

• Amazonino Mendes (CID), the 41st, 44th, and 48th Governor of Amazonas, who also served as a Senator from 1991 to 1993 and the 64th, 67th, and 71st Mayor of Manaus, ran along with Beto Michiles (PSDB), a former Federal Deputy for vice governor. Mendes ran without a coalition except for the party federation Always Forward made up of his party Cidadania and the Brazilian Social Democracy Party.
• Ricardo Nicolau (SD), a hospital administrator and five time State Deputy in Amazonas, who formerly served as President of the Legislative Assembly of Amazonas and as City Councillor of Manaus, ran along with Cristiane Balieiro (PSB), a teacher. Nicolau's campaign focused on his health background and building more hospitals. Nicolau's coalition "We, the People" was composed of Solidarity and the Brazilian Socialist Party.
• Carol Braz (PDT), a lawyer, former judge, and Secretary of State for Justice, Human Rights, and Citizenship, who formerly served as president of the PSC in Manaus before leaving the party, ran along with Claudio Machado (PDT), an engineer, for vice governor. Braz had no coalition.
• Dr Israel Tuyuka (PSOL), an indigenous doctor and teacher from the Tuyuca ethnic group near Colombia, ran along with Thomaz Barbosa (PSOL), a radio announcer. Tuyuka ran without a coalition except for the PSOL REDE Federation of the Socialism and Liberty Party and the Sustainibility Network.
• Henrique Oliveira (PODE), a radio presenter who previously served as the vice governor of Amazonino Mendes from 2017 to 2019 and a Federal Deputy from 2011 to 2015, ran alongside Edward Malta (PROS), a businessman and state president of PROS. Oliveira's coalition "Amazonas Wants More" was made up of PODE and PROS.
• Nair Blair (AGIR), a businesswoman, ran along with Rita Nobre (AGIR), a dental surgeon. Their party Act or Agir in Portuguese ran an isolated ticket. Blair previously was elected but not charged in the investigation of the electoral crimes of former governor José Melo de Oliveira. The party was previously the Christian Labor Party and the National Reconstruction Party of the victorious Fernando Collor de Melo in 1989 elections.

Results

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Wilson Lima (incumbent)	Tadeu de Souza (AVANTE)	UNIÃO	819,784	42.82	1,039,192	56.65
	Eduardo Braga	Anne Moura (PT)	MDB	401,817	20.99	795,089	43.35
	Amazonino Mendes	Beto Michiles (PSDB)	CID	355,377	18.56
	Ricardo Nicolau	Cristiane Balieiro (PSB)	SD	217,588	11.37
	Carol Braz	Engenheiro Machadão	PDT	87,114	4.55
	Dr. Israel Tuyuka	Thomaz Barbosa	PSOL	21,229	1.11
	Henrique Oliveira	Edward Malta (PROS)	PODE	9,596	0.50
	Nair Blair	Rita Nobre	AGIR	1,895	0.10
Total				1,914,400	100.00	1,834,281	100.00
Valid votes				1,914,400	90.69	1,834,281	88.82
Invalid votes				138,218	6.55	157,882	7.65
Blank votes				58,257	2.76	72,907	3.53
Total votes				2,110,875	100.00	2,065,070	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,643,487	79.85	2,643,781	78.11
	UNIÃO hold
Source: Superior Electoral Court

Rôndonia

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Marcos Rocha (incumbent)	Sérgio Gonçalves	UNIÃO	330,656	38.88	458,370	52.47
	Marcos Rogério	Flávia Lenzi	PL	315,035	37.05	415,278	47.53
	Léo Moraes	Rildo Flores (PSD	PODE	119,583	14.06
	Daniel Pereira	Anselmo de Jesus (PT)	SD	81,421	9.57
	Nascimento da Silva	Michele Tolentino	PSOL	3,660	0.43
Total				850,355	100.00	873,648	100.00
Valid votes				850,355	91.85	873,648	94.39
Invalid votes				44,643	4.82	31,812	3.44
Blank votes				30,765	3.32	20,103	2.17
Total votes				925,763	100.00	925,563	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,230,987	75.20	1,230,987	75.19
	UNIÃO hold

Roraima

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Antônio Denarium (incumbent)	Edilson Damião (REP)	PP	163,167	56.47
	Teresa Surita	Édio Lopes (PL)	MDB	118,856	41.14
	Fábio Almeida	Francisco Wapichana	PSOL	3,843	1.33
	Juraci Francisco	Lia Michelli	PDT	1,878	0.65
	Rudson Leite	Cristina Burger	PV	1,189	0.41
Total				288,933	100.00
Valid votes				288,933	94.94
Invalid votes				12,357	4.06
Blank votes				3,029	1.00
Total votes				304,319	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				365,395	83.28

Pará

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Helder Barbalho (incumbent)	Hana Ghassan	MDB	3,117,279	70.41
	Zequinha Marinho	Rosiane Eguchi (PSC)	PL	1,201,079	27.13
	Adolfo Oliveira	Vera Rodrigues	PSOL	56,830	1.28
	Felipe Augusto	Fernando Dourado	PRTB	31,402	0.71
	Leonardo Marcony	Nilo Noronha	SD	9,103	0.21
	Sofia Couto	Luciano Sewnarine	PMB	5,355	0.12
	Cleber Rabelo	Benedita do Amaral	PSTU	5,053	0.11
	Paulo Roseira	Murilo Monteiro	AGIR	1,309	0.03
Total				4,427,410	100.00
Valid votes				4,427,410	92.52
Invalid votes				258,639	5.40
Blank votes				99,146	2.07
Total votes				4,785,195	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				6,082,312	78.67
	MDB hold

Amapá

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Clécio Luís	Teles Junior (PDT)	SD	222,168	53.77
	Jaime Nunes	Liliane Albuquerque	PSD	176,208	42.65
	Gesiel de Oliveira	Alis Vanzeler	PRTB	8,704	2.11
	Gilvam Borges	Helêne Camilo	MDB	4,510	1.09
	Gianfranco Gusmão	Ana Paula	PSTU	1,588	0.38
	Jairo Palheta	Eliana Brandão	PCO	634
Total				413,178	100.00
Valid votes				413,178	93.46
Invalid votes				22,429	5.07
Blank votes				6,494	1.47
Total votes				442,101	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				550,697	80.28
	SD gain from PDT

Tocantins

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Wanderlei Barbosa (incumbent)	Laurez Ferreira (PDT)	REP	481,496	58.34
	Ronaldo Dimas	Freire Junior (MDB)	PL	186,361	22.58
	Paulo Mourão	Germana Coriolano (PCdoB)	PT	88,143	10.68
	Irajá Abreu	Lires Ferneda	PSD	63,048	7.64
	Ricardo Macedo	Geldes Passos	PMB	5,043	0.61
	Luciano Teixeira	Luciene Mamedes	DC	1,232	0.15
	Carmen Hannud	Antonio Costa	PCO	384
Total				825,323	100.00
Valid votes				825,323	92.99
Invalid votes				39,198	4.42
Blank votes				23,065	2.60
Total votes				887,586	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,092,229	81.26
	Republicanos hold

Northeast

Maranhão

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Carlos Brandão (incumbent)	Felipe Camarão (PT)	PSB	1,769,187	51.29
	Lahesio Bonfim	Gutemberg Fernandes	PSC	857,744	24.87
	Weverton Rocha	Hélio Soares (PL)	PDT	714,352	20.71
	Edivaldo Holanda Júnior	Andrea Heringer	PSD	86,573	2.51
	Enilton Rodrigues	Pedra Celestina	PSOL	7,135	0.21
	Hertz Dias	Jayro Mesquita	PSTU	5,191	0.15
	Simplício Araújo	Marly Tavares	SD	5,009	0.15
	Joás Moraes	Ricardo Medeiros	DC	2,310	0.07
	Frankle Costa	José Pereira	PCB	1,889	0.05
Total				3,449,390	100.00
Valid votes				3,449,390	88.03
Invalid votes				348,048	8.88
Blank votes				120,774	3.08
Total votes				3,918,212	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				5,036,730	77.79
	PSB hold

Piauí

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Rafael Fonteles	Themístocles Filho (MDB)	PT	1,115,139	57.62
	Silvio Mendes	Iracema Portella (PP)	UNIÃO	811,806	41.95
	Gessy Lima	Rogério Ribeiro	PSC	13,209
	Madalena Nunes	Cynthia Falcão	PSOL	4,729	0.24
	Lourdes Melo	Cloves José	PCO	1,924
	Geraldo Carvalho	Geracina Rebouças	PSTU	1,425	0.07
	Ravena Castro	Erivelton Quixaba	PMN	1,167	0.06
	Gustavo Henrique	Domingos Bezerra	PATRI	1,027	0.05
Total				1,935,293	100.00
Valid votes				1,935,293	91.55
Invalid votes				124,520	5.89
Blank votes				54,163	2.56
Total votes				2,113,976	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,456,056	86.07
	PT hold

Ceará

Main article: 2022 Ceará gubernatorial election

In Ceará, Elmano de Freitas, a State Deputy from the Workers' Party, with 54.02% defeated Capitão Wagner, a Federal Deputy from the Brazil Union, who received 31.72%, and Roberto Cláudio, former mayor of Fortaleza from the Democratic Labor Party, who received 14.14%, in the first round.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Elmano de Freitas	Jade Romero (MDB)	PT	2,808,300	54.02
	Wagner Sousa	Raimundo Matos (PL)	UNIÃO	1,649,213	31.72
	Roberto Cláudio	Domingos Filho (PSD)	PDT	734,976	14.14
	Chico Malta	Nauri Araújo	PCB	3,015	0.06
	Serley Leal	Francisco Bita	UP	1,881	0.04
	José Batista	Reginaldo Araújo	PSTU	1,507	0.03
Total				5,198,892	100.00
Valid votes				5,198,892	92.45
Invalid votes				249,099	4.43
Blank votes				175,459	3.12
Total votes				5,623,450	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				6,820,673	82.45
	PT gain from PDT

De Freitas succeeded Izolda Cela, the Lt. Governor of Camilo Santana, who had resigned to run for Senate. Santana was elected succeeding Tasso Jereissati.

2022 Rio Grande do Norte gubernatorial election

2 October 2022 (2022-10-02)

Candidate Fátima Bezerra Fábio Dantas Styvenson Valentim Party PT Solidarity PODE Alliance The Best Will Begin Change RN None Running mate Walter Alves Ivan Júnior Francisca Henrique Popular vote 1,066,496 406,461 307,330 Percentage 58.31% 22.22% 16.80%

Most voted candidate by municipality (167):   Fátima Bezerra (158)   Fábio Dantas (9)

Rio Grande do Norte

In Rio Grande do Norte, incumbent governor Fátima Bezerra was elected in the first round.

She defeated former Vice-Governor Fábio Dantas, who ran in a coalition with Rogério Simonetti Marinho, Bolsonaro's Minister of Regional Development, and incumbent senator Styvenson Valentim, elected in 2018, with 58.31% to Dantas's 22.22% and Valentim's 16.80%.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Fátima Bezerra (incumbent)	Walter Alves (MDB)	PT	1,066,496	58.39
	Fábio Dantas	Ivan Junior (UNIÃO)	SD	406,461	22.25
	Styvenson Valentim	Francisca Henrique	PODE	307,330	16.83
	Clorisa Linhares	Erick Guerra (PATRI)	PMB	39,011	2.14
	Danniel Morais	Ronaldo Tavares	PSOL	3,691	0.20
	Nazareno Neris	Fernando Luiz	PMN	1,325	0.07
	Antônio Bento	Jurandir Rosa	PRTB	1,178	0.06
	Rodrigo Vieira	Carlos Paiva	DC	1,045	0.06
Total				1,826,537	100.00
Valid votes				1,826,537	87.63
Invalid votes				162,027	7.77
Blank votes				95,721	4.59
Total votes				2,084,285	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,550,291	81.73
	PT hold

2022 Paraíba gubernatorial election

2 October 2022 (2022-10-02)

Candidate João Azevêdo Pedro Cunha Lima Party PSB PSDB Alliance Together for Paraíba Courage to Change Running mate Lucas Ribeiro Domiciano Cabral Popular vote 1,221,904 1,104,963 Percentage 52.51% 47.49%

Most voted candidate by municipality (223):   João Azevêdo (170)   Pedro Cunha Lima (53)

Paraíba

In Paraíba, incumbent governor João Azevêdo was elected in the second round against Federal Deputy Pedro Cunha Lima with 52.51% to Lima's 47.49%.

Context

2018

In the 2018 gubernatorial election, Azevêdo was elected in the first round with 58.18% of all valid votes. He defeated Lucélio Cartaxo (PV), the twin brother of the mayor of the state capitol João Pessoa, Luciano Cartaxo, who received 23.41%, and Zé Maranhão (MDB), a former governor of the state, who received 17.44%.

Background

Azevêdo succeeded Ricardo Coutinho, also of the Brazilian Socialist Party. Azevêdo was elected with Lt. Governor Lígia Feliciano of the Democratic Labor Party, who also served as Coutinho's Lt. Governor for his second term.

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During the 2018 election, Lucélio Cartaxo accused Azevêdo, along with Feliciano and Coutinho, of abusive and excessive use of State institutional propaganda during the 2018 elections, which would have benefited them electorally. Each of them was ordered to pay a fine of R$5,320.50. The decision was appealed but only Feliciano avoided the fine.

Operation Cavalry

João Azevêdo is being investigated at the Superior Court of Justice for being suspected of continuing the crimes investigated by Operation Calvário, which were allegedly commanded by the former governor of the State, Ricardo Coutinho. For this case, Coutinho was arrested, but managed to get out of prison through an injunction . According to a statement from the former Secretary of State, Livânia Farias, bribes paid by the Brazilian Red Cross helped defray João Azevêdo's expenses from April 2018, a period in which he began running for state elections. The transfers would have extended until the month of July, totaling around R$480 thousand. Azevêdo stated that he never received resources from anyone for personal use and that his campaign was supported by party resources.

Results

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	João Azevêdo	Lucas Ribeiro (PP)	PSB	863,174	39.66	1,221,904	52.51
	Pedro Cunha Lima	Domiciano Cabral (CID)	PSDB	520,155	23.90	1,104,963	47.49
	Nilvan Ferreira	Artur Bolinha	PL	406,604	18.68
	Veneziano Vital do Rêgo	Maísa Cartaxo (PT)	MDB	373,511	17.16
	Adjany Simplício	Jardel Queiroz (UP)	PSOL	9,567	0.44
	Major Fábio	Dr. Jod Candeia	PRTB	2,455	0.11
	Nascimento	Alice Maciel	PSTU	948	0.04
	Adriano Trajano	José Pessoa	PCO	280	0.01
Total				2,176,694	100.00	2,326,867	100.00
Valid votes				2,176,694	85.30	2,326,867	90.57
Invalid votes				252,753	9.90	180,953	7.04
Blank votes				122,399	4.80	61,286	2.39
Total votes				2,551,846	100.00	2,569,106	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				3,086,030	82.69	3,086,030	83.25
	PSB hold
Source: Superior Electoral Court

Pernambuco

Main article: 2022 Pernambuco gubernatorial election

In Pernambuco, Raquel Lyra, former mayor of Caruaru, defeated Marília Arraes, a Federal Deputy and daughter of former governor Miguel Arraes in the second round.

Raquel Lyra was elected governor in the second round.

Paulo Câmara, the incumbent, was unable to run for a third term. His candidate Danilo Cabral failed to make the second round.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Raquel Lyra	Priscila Krause (CID)	PSDB	1,009,556	20.58	3,113,415	58.70
	Marília Arraes	Sebastião Oliveira (AVANTE)	SD	1,175,651	23.97	2,190,264	41.30
	Anderson Ferreira	Izabel Urquiza	PL	890,220	18.15
	Danilo Cabral	Luciana Santos (PCdoB)	PSB	885,994	18.06
	Miguel Coelho	Alessandra Vieira	UNIÃO	884,941	18.04
	Jones Manoel	Raline Almeida	PCB	33,931	0.69
	João Arnaldo	Alice Gabino (REDE)	PSOL	12,558	0.26
	Wellington Carneiro	Carol Tosaka	PTB	8,020	0.16
	Jadilson Andrade	Fernanda Souto	PMB	2,435	0.05
	Claudia Ribeiro	José Mariano	PSTU	1,745	0.04
Total				4,905,051	100.00	5,303,679	100.00
Valid votes				4,905,051	85.57	5,303,679	91.52
Invalid votes				543,922	9.49	377,950	6.52
Blank votes				283,316	4.94	113,730	1.96
Total votes				5,732,289	100.00	5,795,359	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				7,018,098	81.68	7,018,098	82.58
	PSDB gain from PSB

Alagoas

2022 Alagoas gubernatorial election

2 October 2022 (2022-10-02)

Candidate Paulo Dantas Rodrigo Cunha Party MDB UNIÃO Alliance Alagoas From Here to Better Alagoas Deserves More Running mate Ronaldo Lessa Jó Pereira Popular vote 834,278 759,984 Percentage 52.33% 47.67%

Most voted candidate by municipality (102):   Paulo Dantas (82)   Rodrigo Cunha (20)

In Alagoas, incumbent governor Paulo Dantas, a rural business administrator who took power after the resignation of Renan Filho to run for Senate, won reelection against incumbent senator Rodrigo Cunha in the second round.

Renan Filho was elected by a wider margin than Dantas and was appointed by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Minister of Transport.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Paulo Dantas (incumbent)	Ronaldo Lessa (PDT)	MDB	708,984	46.64	834,278	52.33
	Rodrigo Cunha	Jó Pereira (PSDB)	UNIÃO	407,220	26.79	759,984	47.67
	Fernando Collor	Leonardo Dias (PL)	PTB	223,585	14.71
	Rui Palmeira	Arthur Albuquerque (REP)	PSD	157,746	10.38
	Cícero Albuquerque	Eliane Silva	PSOL	17,749	1.17
	Luciano Fontes	Rogers Tenório	PMB	2,737	0.18
	Luciano Almeida	Wanderlan Costa	PRTB	2,110	0.14
Total				1,520,131	100.00	1,594,262	100.00
Valid votes				1,520,131	84.32	1,594,262	89.44
Invalid votes				193,891	10.76	140,477	7.88
Blank votes				88,769	4.92	47,668	2.67
Total votes				1,802,791	100.00	1,782,407	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,302,905	78.28	2,302,905	77.40
	MDB hold
Source: Superior Electoral Court

2022 Alagoas gubernatorial election

2 October 2022 (2022-10-02)

Candidate Fábio Mitidieri Rogério Carvalho Party PSD PT Alliance New Time for Sergipe Sergipe of Hope Running mate Zezinho Sobral Sérgio Gama Popular vote 623,851 582,940 Percentage 51.70% 48.30%

Most voted candidate by municipality (75):   Fábio Mitidieri (27)   Rogério Carvalho (48)

Sergipe

In Sergipe, incumbent Belivaldo Chagas chose not to run for reelection after a series of scandals. Fábio Mitidieri, a Federal deputy from Chagas' party, won the election against incumbent senator Rogério Carvalho Santos from the PT.

In the first round, Valmir de Francisquinho, the popular mayor of Itabaiana from the Liberal Party, won 39.78% of the vote but his candidacy was cancelled, leading Mitidieri and Carvalho to the second round. Even with the unlikely endorsement of Francisquinho, Carvalho lost, continuing the failures of the PT in Sergipe state elections.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Fábio Mitidieri	Zezinho Sobral (PDT)	PSD	294,936	38.91	623,851	51.70
	Rogério Carvalho	Sérgio Gama (MDB)	PT	338,796	44.70	582,940	48.30
	Alessandro Vieira	Milton Andrade (CID)	PSDB	82,495	10.88
	Niully Campos	Demétrio Varjão	PSOL	37,366	4.93
	Cláudio das Neves	Giovanna Rocha	DC	2,655	0.35
	Aroldo Félix	Luze Augusta	UP	1,044	0.14
	Elinos Sabino	Leidi Lima	PSTU	646	0.09
Total				757,938	100.00	1,206,791	100.00
Valid votes				757,938	55.62	1,206,791	89.16
Invalid votes				542,062	39.78	99,505	7.35
Blank votes				62,604	4.59	47,242	3.49
Total votes				1,362,604	100.00	1,353,538	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,671,801	81.51	1,671,801	80.96
	PSD hold

Bahia

Main article: 2022 Bahia gubernatorial election

Incumbent Rui Costa (far-right) could not run for a third term, but a member of his party Jerônimo Rodrigues (second left) was elected. Costa became Chief of Staff for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (left from Costa).

ACM Neto (left), a centrist mayor from a political family, refused to support a presidential candidate, leading to Jair Bolsonaro (right) to launch João Roma, his Minister of Citizenship, for the election

In Bahia, Jerônimo Rodrigues, a bureaucrat in the government of incumbent Rui Costa and former National Secretary for Territorial Development in the Rousseff presidency, defeated ACM Neto, the former mayor of Salvador da Bahia, Secretary General of the Brazil Union, and grandson of former governor ACM in the second round.

Rodrigues became Brazil's first self-declared indigenous governor.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jerônimo Rodrigues	Geraldo Júnior (MDB)	PT	4,019,830	49.45	4,480,464	52.79
	ACM Neto	Ana Coelho (REP)	UNIÃO	3,316,711	40.80	4,007,023	47.21
	João Roma	Leonídia Umbelina (PMB)	PL	738,311	9.08
	Kleber Rosa	Ronaldo Mansur	PSOL	48,239	0.59
	Giovani Damico	João Coimbra	PCB	5,951	0.07
	Marcelo Millet	Roque Vieira Jr.	PCO	826
Total				8,129,042	100.00	8,487,487	100.00
Valid votes				8,129,042	91.68	8,487,487	94.68
Invalid votes				500,667	5.65	363,656	4.06
Blank votes				236,750	2.67	113,101	1.26
Total votes				8,866,459	100.00	8,964,244	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				11,291,528	78.52	11,291,528	79.39
	PT hold
Source: Superior Electoral Court

Southeast

Minas Gerais

Main article: 2022 Minas Gerais gubernatorial election

Incumbent governor Romeu Zema defeated Belo Horizonte Mayor Alexandre Kalil in the first round.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Romeu Zema (incumbent)	Mateus Simões	NOVO	6,094,136	56.20
	Alexandre Kalil	André Quintão (PT)	PSD	3,805,182	35.09
	Carlos Viana	Wanderley Amaro (REP)	PL	783,800	7.23
	Marcus Pestana	Paulo Brandt	PSDB	60,637	0.56
	Lorene Figueiredo	Ana Azevedo	PSOL	44,898	0.41
	Paulo Tristão	Antônio Otávio	PMB	15,774	0.15
	Indira Xavier	Edna Gonçalves	UP	15,604	0.14
	Renata Regina	Tuani Guimarães	PCB	12,514	0.12
	Vanessa Portugal	Jordano Carvalho	PSTU	12,009	0.11
	Lourdes Francisco	Sebastião Pessoas	PCO	2,012
Total				10,844,554	100.00
Valid votes				10,844,554	85.78
Invalid votes				1,089,431	8.62
Blank votes				707,694	5.60
Total votes				12,641,679	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				16,283,828	77.63
	NOVO hold

Espiríto Santo

Incumbent governor Renato Casagrande won reelection a rematch against Carlos Manato, a former Federal Deputy.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Renato Casagrande (incumbent)	Ricardo Ferraço (PSDB)	PSB	976,652	46.94	1,171,288	53.80
	Carlos Manato	Bruno Lourenço (PTB)	PL	800,598	38.48	1,006,021	46.20
	Guerino Zanon	Marcus Magalhães	PSD	146,177	7.03
	Audifax Barcelos	Carla Andresa (SD)	REDE	135,512	6.51
	Aridelmo Teixeira	Camila Domingues	NOVO	15,786	0.76
	Vinicius Souza	Soraia Chiabai	PSTU	4,505	0.22
	Cláudio Paiva	Aurélio Ferreguetti	PRTB	1,418	0.07
Total				2,080,648	100.00	2,177,309	100.00
Valid votes				2,080,648	90.01	2,177,309	93.92
Invalid votes				129,835	5.62	94,782	4.09
Blank votes				101,146	4.38	46,259	2.00
Total votes				2,311,629	100.00	2,318,350	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,917,714	79.23	2,917,714	79.46

Rio de Janeiro

Main article: 2022 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election

Wilson Witzel (left), a staunch supporter of Jair Bolsonaro (right), was impeached before the election. He attempted to run again in 2022 with the PMB, a fringe party, but his candidacy was rejected.

Incumbent governor Cláudio Castro was elected to his first full term. He became governor after the impeachment of Wilson Witzel.

Castro defeated Federal Deputy Marcelo Freixo and former mayor of Niterói Rodrigo Neves in the first round.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Cláudio Castro (incumbent)	Thiago Pampolha (UNIÃO)	PL	4,930,288	58.69
	Marcelo Freixo	César Maia (PSDB)	PSB	2,300,980	27.39
	Rodrigo Neves	Felipe Santa Cruz (PSD)	PDT	672,291	8.00
	Paulo Ganime	Hélio Secco	NOVO	446,580	5.32
	Juliete Pantoja	Juliana Alves	UP	27,344	0.33
	Cyro Garcia	Samantha Guedes	PSTU	12,627	0.15
	Eduardo Serra	Bianca Novaes	PCB	10,852	0.13
	Luiz Eugênio	Guilherme de Lima	PCO	1,844
Total				8,400,962	100.00
Valid votes				8,400,962	84.91
Invalid votes				901,120	9.11
Blank votes				591,576	5.98
Total votes				9,893,658	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				12,809,126	77.24
	PL hold
Source: Superior Electoral Court

São Paulo

Main article: 2022 São Paulo gubernatorial election

The incumbent governor Rodrigo Garcia switched parties to run with the PSDB but failed to make a second round.

Incumbent governor João Doria resigned in a successful bid for the PSDB nomination for president. He later ended his campaign. His Vice-Governor Rodrigo Garcia was unsuccessful in a bid for a full term, failing to make the second round.

Fernando Haddad (left) was appointed Minister of Finance by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (right) after his loss.

Former Minister of Infrastructure in Bolsonaro cabinet, Tarcísio de Freitas was elected in an alliance with former São Paulo mayor Gilberto Kassab. Freitas defeated former Minister of Education, former Mayor of São Paulo, and 2018 presidential candidate Fernando Haddad in the second round.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Tarcísio de Freitas	Felício Ramuth (PSD)	REP	9,881,995	42.32	13,480,190	55.27
	Fernando Haddad	Lúcia França (PSB)	PT	8,337,139	35.70	10,908,972	44.73
	Rodrigo Garcia (incumbent)	Eugênio Zuliani (UNIÃO)	PSDB	4,296,293	18.40
	Vinicius Poit	Doris Alves	NOVO	388,974	1.67
	Elvis Cezar	Gleides Sodré	PDT	281,712	1.21
	Carol Vigliar	Eloiza Alves	UP	88,767	0.38
	Gabriel Colombo	Aline Miglioli	PCB	46,727	0.20
	Altino Prazeres	Flávia Bischain	PSTU	14,859	0.06
	Antonio Jorge	Vitor Rocca	DC	10,778	0.05
	Edson Dorta	Lilian Miranda	PCO	5,305	0.02
Total				23,352,549	100.00	24,389,162	100.00
Valid votes				23,352,549	86.02	24,389,162	89.20
Invalid votes				2,149,776	7.92	1,849,223	6.76
Blank votes				1,645,522	6.06	1,102,462	4.03
Total votes				27,147,847	100.00	27,340,847	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				34,639,761	78.37	34,639,761	78.93
	Republicanos gain from PSDB
Source: Superior Electoral Court

Midwest

2022 Goiás gubernatorial election

2 October 2022 (2022-10-02)

Candidate Ronaldo Caiado Gustavo Mendanha Party UNIÃO Patriota Alliance To Move Forward An Intelligent State Running mate Daniel Vilela Heuler Cruvinel Popular vote 1,806,892 879, 031 Percentage 51.81% 25.20%

Most voted candidate by municipality (249):   Ronaldo Caiado (243)   Gustavo Mendanha (5)   Major Vitor Hugo (1)

Goiás

Incumbent governor Ronaldo Caiado won reelection against two right wing rivals in the first round.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Ronaldo Caiado (incumbent)	Daniel Vilela (MDB)	UNIÃO	1,806,892	51.81
	Gustavo Medanha	Heuler Cruvinel	Patriota	879,031	25.20
	Vitor Hugo	Keila Borges	PL	516,579	14.81
	Wolmir Amado	Fernando Tibúrcio (PSB)	PT	243,651	6.99
	Cintia Dias	Edson Braz (REDE)	PSOL	19,577	0.56
	Edigar Diniz	Jamil Said	NOVO	9,565	0.27
	Helga Martins	Lindomar Santos	PCB	6,993	0.20
	Reinaldo Pantaleão	Luciana Amorim	UP	5,400	0.15
	Vinícius Paixão	Maria Letícia	PCO	258
Total				3,487,688	100.00
Valid votes				3,487,688	91.61
Invalid votes				166,729	4.38
Blank votes				152,864	4.02
Total votes				3,807,281	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				4,870,292	78.17
	UNIÃO hold

2022 Federal District gubernatorial election

2 October 2022 (2022-10-02)

Candidate Ibaneis Rocha Leandro Grass Party MDB PV Alliance United for DF Brazil of Hope Running mate Celina Leão Olgamir Amancia Popular vote 832,663 879, 031 Percentage 50.31% 25.20%

Most voted candidate by electoral zone(19):   Ibaneis Rocha (18)   Leandro Grass (1)

Federal District

Incumbent governor Ibaneis Rocha won reelection the first round.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Ibaneis Rocha (incumbent)	Celina Leão (PP)	MDB	832,633	50.31
	Leandro Grass	Olgamir Amância (PCdoB)	PV	434,587	26.26
	Paulo Octávio	Felipe Belmonte (PSC)	PSD	123,715	7.48
	Elziovan Moreno	Luiz Gustavo	PTB	94,100	5.69
	Leila Barros	Guilherme Campelo	PDT	79,597	4.81
	Izalci Lucas	Beth Cupertino (PRTB)	PSDB	70,584	4.26
	Keka Bagno	Toni de Castro	PSOL	13,613	0.82
	Lucas Salles	Suelene Balduíno	DC	4,218	0.25
	Teodoro da Cruz	Jamil Magari	PCB	1,155	0.07
	Robson da Silva	Eduardo Zanata	PSTU	841	0.05
Total				1,655,043	100.00
Valid votes				1,655,043	91.59
Invalid votes				86,099	4.76
Blank votes				65,969	3.65
Total votes				1,807,111	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,193,440	82.39
	MDB hold

Mato Grosso

Incumbent governor Mauro Mendes won reelection the first round.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Mauro Mendes (incumbent)	Otaviano Pivetta (REP)	UNIÃO	1,114,549	68.45
	Marcia Pinheiro	Vanderlucio Rodrigues (PP)	PV	267,172	16.41
	Marcos Ritela	Alvani Laurindo	PTB	233,543	14.34
	Moisés Franz	Frank Melo	PSOL	12,948	0.80
Total				1,628,212	100.00
Valid votes				1,628,212	86.19
Invalid votes				162,124	8.58
Blank votes				98,676	5.22
Total votes				1,889,012	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,469,414	76.50
	UNIÃO hold

Mato Grosso do Sul

Main article: 2022 Mato Grosso do Sul gubernatorial election

In Mato Grosso do Sul, Eduardo Riedel, former Secretary of Government and Infustructure for incumbent governor Reinaldo Azambuja, defeated Capitão Contar, a retired military officer and state deputy, in the second round.

Former Vice-Governor Rose Modesto, former governor André Puccinelli, and former mayor of Campo Grande Marquinhos Trad were defeated in the first round. Riedel and Contar competed for Bolsonaro's endorsement which Contar received, while Riedel ran in a coalition with Bolsonaro's Minister of Agriculture Tereza Cristina who was elected to the Senate.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Eduardo Riedel	José Carlos Barbosa (PP)	PSDB	361,981	25.22	808,210	56.90
	Renan Contar	Roberto Figueiró	PRTB	384,275	26.77	612,113	43.10
	André Puccinelli	Tania Garib	MDB	247,093	17.21
	Rose Modesto	Alberto Schlatter (PODE)	UNIÃO	178,599	12.44
	Giselle Marques	Abílio Vaneli	PT	135,556	9.44
	Marcos Trad	Viviane Orro	PSD	124,795	8.69
	Adônis Marcos	Ilmo Cândido (REDE)	PSOL	3,251	0.23
	Magno de Souza	Carlos Martins	PCO	2,892
Total				1,435,550	100.00	1,420,323	100.00
Valid votes				1,435,550	92.46	1,420,323	91.78
Invalid votes				64,022	4.12	88,228	5.70
Blank votes				53,082	3.42	39,059	2.52
Total votes				1,552,654	100.00	1,547,610	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,993,121	77.90	1,993,121	77.65
	PSDB hold

South

Paraná

Main article: 2022 Paraná gubernatorial election

In Paraná, incumbent governor Ratinho Júnior, son of presenter Ratinho and a former Federal Deputy, defeated former governor Roberto Requião, who joined the PT for the election to support Lula.

Incumbent Ratinho Júnior was reelected.

Former governor Roberto Requião came second.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Ratinho Júnior (incumbent)	Darci Piana	PSD	4,243,292	69.76
	Roberto Requião	Jorge Samek	PT	1,598,204	26.28
	Ricardo Gomyde	Eliza Ferreira	PDT	126,945	2.09
	Joni Correia	Gledson Zawadzki	DC	50,729	0.83
	Angela Machado	Sergio Nakatani (REDE)	PSOL	43,176	0.71
	Vivi Motta	Diego Valdez	PCB	13,577	0.22
	Solange Ferreira	Marco Antonio Santos	PMN	10,337
	Ivan Bernardo	Phill Natal	PSTU	4,502	0.07
	Adriano Teixeira	Cristiano Kusbick Poll	PCO	2,096	0.03
Total				6,082,521	100.00
Valid votes				6,082,521	89.38
Invalid votes				393,173	5.78
Blank votes				329,657	4.84
Total votes				6,805,351	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				8,480,435	80.25
	PSD hold

Santa Catarina

Main article: 2022 Santa Catarina gubernatorial election

Jorginho Mello, a senator, was elected governor in the second round.

Incumbent governor Carlos Moisés, who had been caught up in several scandals was defeated in the first round.

In the second round, incumbent senator Jorginho Mello defeated former Federal Deputy Décio Lima, former mayor of Blumenau.

Décio Lima, former Mayor of Blumenau, lost in the second round.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jorginho Mello	Marilisa Boehm	PL	1,575,912	38.62	2,983,949	70.69
	Décio Lima	Beatriz Vargas (PSB)	PT	710,859	17.42	1,237,016	29.31
	Carlos Moisés (incumbent)	Udo Dohler (MDB)	REP	693,426	16.99
	Gean Loureiro	Eron Giordani (PSD)	UNIÃO	555,615	13.61
	Esperidião Amin	Dalírio Beber (PSDB)	PP	398,092	9.75
	Odair Tramontin	Ricardo Althoff	NOVO	114,087	2.80
	Jorge Boeira	Adilson Buzzi	PDT	24,809	0.61
	Alex Alano	Gabriela Santetti	PSTU	4,395	0.11
	Ralf Zimmer	Ana Meotti	PROS	3,828	0.09
	Leandro Borges	Jair de Aguiar	PCO	829
Total				4,081,023	100.00	4,220,965	100.00
Valid votes				4,081,023	91.26	4,220,965	93.22
Invalid votes				167,571	3.75	141,361	3.12
Blank votes				223,025	4.99	165,455	3.65
Total votes				4,471,619	100.00	4,527,781	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				5,486,962	81.50	5,486,962	82.52
	PL gain from Republicanos

Rio Grande do Sul

Main article: 2022 Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election

Eduardo Leite, the incumbent and former mayor of Pelotas, resigned to launch a failed bid for the PSDB nomination. Upon his loss to João Doria, who later ended his candidacy, Leite ran again for governor. Leite edged out State Deputy Edegar Pretto in the first round to defeat Onyx Lorenzoni, Bolsonaro's Minister of Labor and Social Security, in the second round.

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Eduardo Leite	Gabriel Souza (MDB)	PSDB	1,702,815	26.81	3,687,126	57.12
	Onyx Lorenzoni	Cláudia Jardim	PL	2,382,026	37.50	2,767,786	42.88
	Edegar Pretto	Pedro Ruas (PSOL)	PT	1,700,374	26.77
	Luis Carlos Heinze	Tanise Sabino	PP	271,540	4.28
	Roberto Argenta	Nivea Rosa (SD)	PSC	126,899	2.00
	Vieira da Cunha	Regina dos Santos	PDT	101,611	1.60
	Ricardo Jobim	Rafael Dresch	NOVO	38,887	0.61
	Vicente Bogo	Josiane Paz	PSB	17,222	0.27
	Rejane de Oliveira	Vera de Oliveira	PSTU	6,252	0.10
	Carlos Messalla	Edson Canabarro	PCB	4,003	0.06
Total				6,351,629	100.00	6,454,912	100.00
Valid votes				6,351,629	92.28	6,454,912	93.22
Invalid votes				190,663	2.77	267,276	3.86
Blank votes				341,049	4.95	202,415	2.92
Total votes				6,883,341	100.00	6,924,603	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				8,582,100	80.21	8,582,100	80.69
	PSDB hold
Source: Superior Electoral Court