2014 São Paulo gubernatorial election

Polling aggregates
	Active candidates
	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)
	Paul Skaf (PMDB)
	Alexandre Padilha (PT)
	Others
	Abstentions/Undecided

2014 São Paulo state election
	Opinion polls
	Gubernatorial election
	Geraldo Alckmin Paulo Skaf Alexandre Padilha
Governor before election; Geraldo Alckmin; PSDB	Elected Governor ; Geraldo Alckmin; PSDB
	Parliamentary election
Legislative Assembly

The São Paulo gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next Governor of the state of São Paulo. If no candidate had received more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election would have been held on 26 October.^[1] Incumbent Governor Geraldo Alckmin won re-election in the first round.^[2]

Candidates[]

Governor[]

	Party/coalition		Political office(s)	Vice-Gubernatorial candidate
13	"To Truly Change" PT, PCdoB, PR	Alexandre Padilha (PT)	Minister of Health 2011–14; Secretary of Institutional Affairs 2009–11	Nivaldo Santana (PCdoB)
15	"São Paulo Wants the Best" PMDB, PDT, PSD, PP, PROS	Paulo Skaf (PMDB)	President of the Center of Industries of the State of São Paulo since 2007; President of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo since 2004	José Roberto Batochio (PDT)
21	Brazilian Communist Party (PCB)	Wagner Farias (PCB)		Ivan Hermine (PCB)
28	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB)	Walter Ciglioni (PRTB)		Marcelo Ayres Duarte (PRTB)
29	Workers' Cause Party (PCO)	Raimundo Sena (PCO)		Ulisses Coelho (PCO)
31	"Union for São Paulo" PHS, PRP	Laércio Benko (PHS)		Sérgio Contente (PHS)
43	Green Party (PV)	Gilberto Natalini (PV)	City Councillor of São Paulo 2001–21	Maria Lúcia Haidar (PV)
45	"This Is São Paulo" PSDB, PSB, DEM, PRB, SD, PSC, PPS, PTC, PTN, PSL, PMN, PEN, PSDC, PTdoB	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)	Governor of São Paulo 2011–18, 2001–06; Vice Governor of São Paulo 1995–2001; Federal Deputy from São Paulo 1987–94; State Deputy of São Paulo 1983–87; Mayor of Pindamonhangaba 1977–82; City Councillor of Pindamonhangaba 1973–77	Márcio França (PSB)
50	"Left-Wing Front" PSOL, PSTU	Gilberto Maringoni (PSOL)		Hildete Nepomuceno (PSOL)

Senator[]

No.		Party/coalition
131	Eduardo Suplicy (PT)	"To Truly Change" PT, PCdoB, PR
140	Marlene Campos Machado (PTB)	Brazilian Labour Party (PTB)
160	Ana Luiza (PSTU)	"Left-Wing Front" PSOL, PSTU
210	Edmilson Costa (PCB)	Brazilian Communist Party (PCB)
281	Ricardo Flaquer (PRTB)	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB)
290	Juraci Baena Garcia (PCO)	Workers' Cause Party (PCO)
430	Kaká Werá (PV)	Green Party (PV)
441	Fernando Lucas (PRP)	Progressive Republican Party (PRP)
456	José Serra (PSDB)	"This Is São Paulo" PSDB, PSB, DEM, PRB, SD, PSC, PPS, PTC, PTN, PSL, PMN, PEN, PSDC, PTdoB
555	Gilberto Kassab (PSD)	"São Paulo Wants the Best" PMDB, PDT, PSD, PP, PROS

Debates[]

Date	Host	Moderator	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)	Paulo Skaf (PMDB)	Alexandre Padilha (PT)	Gilberto Natalini (PV)	Gilberto Maringoni (PSOL)	Walter Ciglioni (PRTB)	Laércio Benko (PHS)	Wagner Farias (PCB)	Raimundo Sena (PCO)
23 August 2014^[3]	Rede Bandeirantes	Boris Casoy	Absent	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not Invited	Not Invited
25 August 2014^[4]	SBT, Folha, Jovem Pan, UOL	Carlos Nascimento	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not Invited	Not Invited
26 September 2014^[5]	RecordTV, R7	Eduardo Ribeiro	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not Invited	Not Invited
30 September 2014^[6]	Rede Globo, G1	César Tralli	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not Invited	Not Invited

Opinions polls[]

Governor[]

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Alckmin PSDB	Skaf PMDB/PSB	Padilha PT	Mercadante PT	Lula PT	Cardozo PT	Kassab PSD	Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size								Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
2014 election	5 Oct	–	57.31%	21.53%	18.22%	–	–	–	–	2.94%	17.08%	35.78%
Ibope	1–4 Oct	2,002	45%	19%	11%	–	–	–	–	2%	21%	26%
Datafolha	3–4 Oct	3,119	51%	21%	11%	–	–	–	–	3%	15%	30%
Datafolha	1–2 Oct	2,112	50%	22%	11%	–	–	–	–	3%	14%	28%
Datafolha	29–30 Sep	2,132	49%	23%	10%	–	–	–	–	2%	14%	26%
Ibope	27–29 Sep	2,002	45%	19%	11%	–	–	–	–	1%	23%	26%
Datafolha	25–26 Sep	2,114	51%	22%	9%	–	–	–	–	2%	16%	29%
Ibope	20–22 Sep	2,002	49%	17%	8%	–	–	–	–	3%	23%	32%
Datafolha	8–9 Sep	2,046	49%	22%	9%	–	–	–	–	2%	17%	27%
Ibope	6–8 Sep	2,002	48%	18%	8%	–	–	–	–	3%	22%	30%
Datafolha	2–3 Sep	2,054	53%	22%	7%	–	–	–	–	3%	15%	31%
Ibope	30 Aug–1 Sep	1,806	47%	23%	7%	–	–	–	–	3%	19%	24%
Ibope	23–25 Aug	1,512	50%	20%	5%	–	–	–	–	3%	21%	30%
Datafolha	12–13 Aug	2,045	55%	16%	5%	–	–	–	–	3%	19%	39%
Ibope	26–28 Jul	1,512	50%	11%	5%	–	–	–	–	5%	29%	39%
Datafolha	15–16 Jul	1,978	54%	16%	4%	–	–	–	–	4%	23%	38%
Veritá	1–5 Jul	2,208	56.4%	17.2%	4.5%	–	–	–	–	1.2%	20.6%	39.2%
Datafolha	3–5 Jun	2,029	44%	21%	3%	–	–	–	5%	2%	26%	23%
Datafolha	3–5 Jun	2,029	47%	21%	4%	–	–	–	–	2%	26%	26%
Datafolha	28–29 Nov 2013	1,723	43%	19%	4%	–	–	8%	–	–	26%	24%
Datafolha	6–7 Jun 2013	1,642	52%	16%	3%	–	–	–	9%	–	19%	36%
			50%	15%	–	11%	–	–	8%	–	15%	35%
			52%	16%	–	–	–	5%	8%	–	18%	36%
			42%	13%	–	–	26%	–	6%	–	12%	16%
2010 election	3 Oct 2010	–	50.63%	4.57%	–	35.23%	–	–	–	9.57%	10.10%	15.40%

Senator[]

Polling aggregates
Active candidates
José Serra (PSDB)
Eduardo Suplicy (PT)
Gilberto Kassab (PSD)
Others
Abstentions/Undecided

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Serra PSDB	Suplicy PT	Kassab PSD	Afif DEM/PFL	Antônio PMDB	Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size						Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
2014 election	5 Oct	–	58.49%	32.53%	5.94%	–	–	3.04%	26.22%	25.96%
Ibope	1–4 Oct	2,002	36%	27%	7%	–	–	4%	24%	9%
Datafolha	3–4 Oct	3,119	41%	30%	7%	–	–	4%	17%	11%
Datafolha	1–2 Oct	2,112	39%	33%	8%	–	–	4%	17%	6%
Datafolha	29–30 Sep	2,132	39%	30%	9%	–	–	3%	18%	9%
Datafolha	25–26 Sep	2,114	37%	30%	10%	–	–	3%	19%	7%
Ibope	20–22 Sep	2,002	34%	25%	5%	–	–	4%	30%	9%
Datafolha	8–9 Sep	2,046	34%	31%	9%	–	–	6%	19%	3%
Ibope	6–8 Sep	2,002	33%	27%	7%	–	–	2%	29%	6%
Datafolha	2–3 Sep	2,054	35%	32%	8%	–	–	6%	19%	3%
Ibope	30 Aug–1 Sep	1,806	33%	28%	8%	–	–	4%	25%	5%
Ibope	23–25 Aug	1,512	33%	24%	7%	–	–	6%	30%	9%
Datafolha	12–13 Aug	2,045	33%	30%	7%	–	–	9%	21%	3%
2006 election	1 Oct 2006	–	–	47.82%	–	43.70%	4.95%	3.53%	10.09%	4.12%

Results[]

Governor[]

Candidate		Party	Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Geraldo Alckmin	PSDB	Márcio França	PSB	12,230,807	57.31
	Paulo Skaf	PMDB	José Roberto Batochio	PDT	4,594,708	21.53
	Alexandre Padilha	PT	Nivaldo Santana	PCdoB	3,888,584	18.22
	Gilberto Natalini	PV	Maria Lúcia Haidar	PV	260,686	1.22
	Gilberto Maringoni	PSOL	Hildete Nepomuceno	PSOL	187,487	0.88
	Laércio Benko	PHS	Sérgio Contente	PHS	132,042	0.62
	Walter Ciglioni	PRTB	Marcelo Ayres Duarte	PRTB	22,822	0.11
	Wagner Farias	PCB	Ivan Hermine	PCB	12,958	0.06
	Raimundo Sena	PCO	Ulisses Coelho	PCO	11,118	0.05
Invalid/blank votes					4,395,559	–
Total					25,736,781	100
Registered voters/turnout					31,979,717	80.48%

Popular vote

Alckmin			57.31%
Skaf			21.53%
Padilha			18.22%
Others			2.94%

Senator[]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	José Serra	PSDB	11,105,874	58.49
	Eduardo Suplicy	PT	6,176,499	32.53
	Gilberto Kassab	PSD	1,128,582	5.94
	Marlene Campos Machado	PTB	330,302	1.74
	Fernando Lucas	PRP	118,758	0.63
	Ana Luiza	PSTU	101,131	0.53
	Ricardo Flaquer	PRTB	14,833	0.08
	Edmilson Costa	PCB	12,102	0.06
	Juraci Garcia	PCO	0	0.00
	Kaká Werá	PV	0	0.00
Invalid/blank votes			6,748,700	–
Total			25,736,781	100
Registered voters/turnout			31,979,717	80.48

Popular vote

Serra			58.49%
Suplicy			32.53%
Kassab			5.94%
Others			3.04%

Chamber of Deputies[]

Members of São Paulo in the Chamber of Deputies

Party		Chamber of Deputies
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	4,139,629	19.72	14	1
	Workers' Party	2,956,439	14.08	10	5
	Brazilian Republican Party	2,225,369	10.60	8	6
	Party of the Republic	1,701,667	8.10	6	2
	Brazilian Socialist Party	1,192,210	5.68	4	3
	Green Party	955,373	4.55	3	2
	Social Democratic Party	936,889	4.46	5	New
	Democrats	882,582	4.20	4	2
	Social Christian Party	828,477	3.95	3	1
	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party	787,168	3.75	2	1
	Brazilian Labour Party	701,693	3.34	2
	Progressive Party	526,210	2.51	2	2
	Popular Socialist Party	515,419	2.45	2	1
	Solidariedade	501,003	2.39	1	New
	Democratic Labour Party	451,466	2.15	1	2
	Socialism and Liberty Party	429,816	2.05	1
	Communist Party of Brazil	213,564	1.02	1	1
	National Ecologic Party	176,184	0.84	0	New
	Humanist Party of Solidarity	167,151	0.80	0
	National Labour Party	163,321	0.78	1	1
	Republican Party of the Social Order	134,473	0.64	0	New
	Social Liberal Party	91,971	0.44	0
	Progressive Republican Party	85,054	0.41	0
	Labour Party of Brazil	33,906	0.16	0
	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party	33,397	0.16	0
	United Socialist Workers' Party	33,176	0.16	0
	Party of National Mobilization	33,061	0.16	0
	Christian Social Democratic Party	30,083	0.14	0
	Christian Labour Party	27,927	0.13	0
	Free Fatherland Party	25,138	0.12	0
	Brazilian Communist Party	10,853	0.05	0
	Workers' Cause Party	5,343	0.03	0
Invalid/blank votes		4,740,769	–	–	–
Total		25,736,781	100.0	70	–
Registered voters/turnout		31,979,717	80.48	–	–
Source: UOL

Legislative Assembly[]

Legislative Assembly

Party		Legislative Assembly
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	5,113,976	24.94	22
	Workers' Party	2,975,895	14.51	15	9
	Green Party	1,275,526	6.22	6	3
	Democrats	1,250,922	6.10	8
	Brazilian Socialist Party	1,177,204	5.74	5	2
	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party	1,000,277	4.88	4	1
	Social Democratic Party	808,258	3.94	4	New
	Social Christian Party	622,238	3.03	3	1
	Party of the Republic	615,025	3.00	3	2
	Brazilian Labour Party	606,144	2.96	3	1
	Brazilian Republican Party	579,337	2.83	4	2
	Popular Socialist Party	560,130	2.73	3	1
	Communist Party of Brazil	503,474	2.46	2
	Socialism and Liberty Party	485,147	2.37	2	1
	National Ecologic Party	440,348	2.15	2	New
	Progressive Party	436,129	2.13	2	1
	Solidariedade	405,073	1.98	2	New
	Democratic Labour Party	400,555	1.95	1	1
	Humanist Party of Solidarity	233,147	1.14	1	1
	National Labour Party	197,333	0.96	1	1
	Social Liberal Party	169,699	0.83	1	1
	Progressive Republican Party	165,817	0.81	0
	Republican Party of the Social Order	120,661	0.59	0	New
	Labour Party of Brazil	82,288	0.40	0
	Christian Labour Party	70,560	0.34	0
	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party	60,310	0.29	0
	Free Fatherland Party	42,924	0.21	0
	Party of National Mobilization	35,420	0.17	0
	United Socialist Workers' Party	33,865	0.17	0
	Social Democratic Christian Party	32,966	0.16	0
	Workers' Cause Party	4,617	0.02	0
Invalid/blank votes		5,231,516	–	–	–
Total		25,736,781	100.0	94	–
Registered voters/turnout		31,979,717	80.48	–	–
Source: UOL

References[]

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[1] "TSE aprova calendário e divulga datas das eleições de 2014".

[2] "Apuração de votos e resultado das Eleições 2014 SP: Governador eleito (Fonte: TSE) - UOL Eleições 2014".

[3] "Band realiza debate em SP hoje, às 22h" (in Portuguese). Band. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

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[5] "Candidatos chegam para o debate da Record em SP" (in Portuguese). R7. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

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