The 2017 Amazonas gubernatorial special election was summoned by the

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after the sentence that removed the Governor and Vice Governor of Amazonas from office, under the accusation of

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. After that, the President of the

Legislative Assembly of Amazonas The Legislative Assembly of Amazonas ( pt, Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Amazonas or ALEAM) is the state legislature of Amazonas. The parliament was founded in 1852 as the Provincial Legislature of the province of Amazonas. It has been i ...

assumed as Acting Governor until a new election could decide who would be the new head of

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. Altogether, nine candidacies were registered for the voting. As none of them held more than 50% of the valid votes, a second round was held on 27 August with the two most voted candidates: Amazonino Mendes and

Eduardo Braga Carlos Eduardo de Sousa Braga (born December 6, 1960) is a Brazilian politician and businessman, currently a republic senator from Amazonas. Better known as ''Eduardo Braga'', he was a councilman of Manaus (1981–1985), state deputy of amazonas ...

. According to the Constitution, the new head of the state should complete the period commenced by his predecessor.

Candidates

Candidates in runoff

Candidates failing to make runoff

Candidacy denied

Debates

First round

Second round

Results

References

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