The 2018 state elections in
Minas Gerais were held on 7 October, as part of the
general elections in the
Federal District and in
26 states, to elect one Governor and Vice Governor, two
Senators and four substitutes for Senator, 53
Federal Deputies, and 77
State Deputies.
In the election for Governor, entrepreneur
Romeu Zema (
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) finished in first place with 42.73% of the valid votes, followed by Senator
Antonio Anastasia (
PSDB) with 29.06%. Incumbent Governor
Fernando Pimentel
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(
PT) couldn't re-elect, placing third place with 23.12% of the votes. As the first place didn't reach 50% of the votes, a second round took place on 28 October.
Zema was elect Governor with 71.80% of the votes, and Anastasia placed second with 28.20%.
For the
Federal Senate
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, the then Federal Deputy
Rodrigo Pacheco (
DEM) and the journalist and presenter Carlos Viana (
PHS
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) were elect to fill the seats of
Aécio Neves (
PSDB) and
Zezé Perrella
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Career
Beginning
Perrella was the ...
(
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). They had, respectively, 20.49% and 20.22% of the votes. Dinis Pinheiro (
SD) place third with 18.42% of the votes, and former president
Dilma Rousseff (
PT), who had been
impeached
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two years before, placed fourth with 15.35% of the votes.
Gubernatorial candidates
Candidates in runoff
Candidates failing to make runoff
Opinion polls
Governor
First round
Second round
Senator
Debates
Results
Governor
Senator
Chamber of Deputies
Legislative Assembly
References
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2018 Brazilian gubernatorial elections
Minas Gerais gubernatorial elections
October 2018 events in South America