The 2022 Bahia state election took place in the state of

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, Brazil on 2 October 2022. The elections saw voters choose a Governor and Vice Governor, one Senator, 39 representatives for the

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, and 63 Legislative Assembly members. The incumbent Governor,

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, of the Workers' Party (PT), was not eligible for a third term since he ran for governor in 2014 and 2018. In a significant upset, PT nominee and Secretary of Education Jerônimo led Mayor of

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in the first round of elections despite the vast majority of registered opinion polls indicating the leadership or even outright victory of Neto. In the end, Jerônimo obtained 49.45% of valid votes to ACM's 40.8%; less than a percentage point within of winning the election in the first round. Nevertheless, as no candidate obtained a majority of the vote, there will be a second round election on October 30 2022. In the election for

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from the state of Bahia, incumbent Senator

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(

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) whose seat was up for election ran for re-election. and was successfully re-elected with 58.3% of valid votes.

Electoral calendar

Gubernatorial candidates

Political parties have until August 15, 2022 to formally register their candidates.

Candidates in Runoff

Candidates failing to make Runoff

Senatorial candidates

Political parties have until August 15, 2022 to formally register their candidates.

Potential candidates

Withdrawn candidates

* João Leão ( PP) - Vice

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

since 2015;

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from

1995–2015 and

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1989–93. The Vice-Governor of Bahia said that the reason he gave up running for the

is due to his advanced age and the difficulty in keeping up with the pace of the candidate for the government of Bahia,

. * José Ronaldo (

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) - Former Mayor of

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, former Federal Deputy, and candidate for governor of Bahia in 2018. He decided to coordinate ACM Neto's campaign for governor instead, supporting the coalition candidate Cacá Leão. File:Secretário de Infraestrutura, João Leão toma posse.jpg, File:José Ronaldo, político baiano.jpg,

Legislative Assembly

The result of the last state election and the current situation in the

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is given below:

Opinion polls

Governor

First round

The first round is scheduled to take place on 2 October 2022. 2022 2021

Second round

The second round (if necessary) is scheduled to take place on 30 October 2022. ''

vs. Jerônimo'' ''ACM Neto'' ''vs. João Roma'' '' João Roma'' ''vs. Jerônimo''

Senator

2022

Results

Governor

Senator

Cícero Araújo's candidacy is under review and his votes are temporarily annulled.

Notes

References

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