Municipal elections took place in

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on 6 October 2024, with any runoffs scheduled for 27 October.

Schedule

Voters will choose mayors, vice mayors, and city councillors of 5,570 municipalities in the country. Party conventions to nominate candidates should take place from 20 July to 5 August. On 16 August, the electoral campaign starts. Free advertisements on radio and television begin on 30 August. According to current electoral law, the

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- if the most voted candidate doesn't get 50% +1 of valid votes –is only available in cities with more than 200,000 voters. In 2024, nearly 154 million people were eligible to vote –of which 20 million were not required to, according to the

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, which represented a 5.4% increase from the previous municipal elections in 2020. 70-year-old or older people, who were not required to vote, accounted for 15,000,000 voters, that is, 10% of total voters, the highest such figure in 16 years in Brazil.

Results

National results

Results in capitals

Notes

References

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Municipal A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the gov ...

Municipal elections Municipal elections in Brazil