The 2022 Maranhão gubernatorial election took place in the state of

Maranhão Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of and it is divided into 217 municipalities. Clockwise from north, it ...

, Brazil on 2 October 2022, as part of the

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in the

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and the 26 states. Voters will elect a Governor, Vice Governor, one Senator, two Alternate Senators, 18 representatives for the

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, and 42 Legislative Assembly members. Under the

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, the governor will be elected for a four-year term starting 1 January 2023 and with the approval of Constitutional Amendment No. 111, it will end on 6 January 2027. If the first place does not reach more than 50% of the valid votes, a second round will be held on 30 October 2022. The incumbent

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Carlos Brandão Carlos Orleans Brandão Júnior (born June 2, 1958) is a Brazilian politician affiliated to the Brazilian Socialist Party. He is currently the governor of Maranhão, after the resignation of Flávio Dino on April 2, 2022. He was the Vice Governor ...

, a member of the

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(PSB), who took office after the resignation of

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(

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) on 2 April 2022. Dino resigned to run for the

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. For the election to the

, the seat occupied by

Roberto Rocha Roberto Coelho Rocha (born August 4, 1965) is a Brazilian politician. He had served as Federal Senator from Maranhão Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it ...

( PTB) since 2014, is at dispute, and the incumbent said that he intends to run for re-election.

Electoral calendar

Legislative Assembly

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

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is given below:

Gubernatorial candidates

The party conventions began on 20 July and will continue until 5 August. The following political parties have already confirmed their candidacies. Political parties have until 15 August 2022 to formally register their candidates.

Confirmed candidates

Withdrawn candidates

* Josimar Maranhãozinho ( PL) - Mayor of

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(2005–2012), state deputy of Maranhão (2015–2019) and

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from Maranhão (since 2019). Josimar Maranhãozinho withdrew his candidacy on 23 May 2022. He decided to run for re-election to the Chamber of Deputies. After voting with fellow party members, he declared support for

Weverton Rocha Weverton Rocha Marques de Sousa, more well known as simply Weverton (born 8 October 1979) is a Brazilian politician who is currently a senator from the state of Maranhão. He has been a long-time member of the Democratic Labour Party (Brazil), Dem ...

's candidacy, nominating the running mate on Rocha's ticket. File:Dep Josimar Maranhãozinho.jpg,

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from

Josimar Maranhãozinho ( PL)
(since 2019)

Senatorial candidates

Confirmed candidates

Opinion polls

Governor

First round

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

Second round

The second round (if necessary) is scheduled to take place on 30 October 2022. ''Brandão vs. Weverton'' ''Brandão vs. Lahésio'' ''Brandão vs. Edivaldo'' ''Weverton vs. Edivaldo'' ''Brandão vs. Rocha'' ''Weverton vs. Josimar'' ''Weverton vs. Lahesio'' ''Weverton vs. Rocha''

Senator

Results

Governor

Senator

Chamber of Deputies

Legislative Assembly

Notes

References

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