2018 Minas Gerais gubernatorial election

2018 Minas Gerais state election
	Opinion polls
	Gubernatorial election
	Romeu Zema; Antonio Anastasia;
Governor before election; Fernando Pimentel; PT	Elected Governor ; Romeu Zema; NOVO
	Parliamentary election
Legislative Assembly

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.^[1] In the election for Governor, entrepreneur Romeu Zema (NOVO) finished in first place with 42.73% of the valid votes, followed by Senator Antonio Anastasia (PSDB) with 29.06%. Incumbent Governor Fernando Pimentel (PT) couldn't re-elect, placing third place with 23.12% of the votes.^[2] As the first place didn't reach 50% of the votes, a second round took place on 28 October.^[1] Zema was elect Governor with 71.80% of the votes, and Anastasia placed second with 28.20%.^[3]

For the Federal Senate, the then Federal Deputy Rodrigo Pacheco (DEM) and the journalist and presenter Carlos Viana (PHS) were elect to fill the seats of Aécio Neves (PSDB) and Zezé Perrella (MDB). 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 two years before, placed fourth with 15.35% of the votes.^[4]

Gubernatorial candidates[]

Confirmed candidates[]

			Party/coalition
13	Fernando Pimentel (PT)	Jô Moraes (PCdoB)	On The People's Side PT, PCdoB, PSB, DC
15	Adalclever Lopes (MDB)	Adriana Buzelin (PV)	#MinasHasAWay MDB, PV, PDT, PODE, PROS, PRB
16	Jordano Carvalho (PSTU)	Victoria de Fátima de Mello (PSTU)	Unified Workers' Socialist Party (PSTU)
18	João Batista dos Mares Guia (REDE)	Giovanni Corrêa (REDE)	The Best for Minas REDE, PRTB
29	Alexandre Flach (PCO)	Sebastião Pessoa (PCO)	Labour Cause's Party (PCO)
30	Romeu Zema (NOVO)	Paulo Brant (NOVO)	New Party (NOVO)
45	Antonio Anastasia (PSDB)	Marcos Montes (PSD)	Rebuild Minas PSDB, PSD, DEM, SD, PTB, PPS, PMN, PSC, PP, PTC, PATRI, PMB
50	Dirlene Marques (PSOL)	Sara Azevedo (PSOL)	Socialist Minas Front PSOL, PCB
70	Claudiney Dulim (AVANTE)	Leandro Ramon (AVANTE)	Avante (AVANTE)

Withdrawn candidates[]

Marcio Lacerda (PSB) - Mayor of Belo Horizonte 2009–2013.^[5]

Former Mayor
Marcio Lacerda (PSB)
from Leopoldina

Senate candidates[]

		Party/Coalition
123	Fábio Cherem (PDT)	#MinasHasAWay MDB, PV, PDT, PODE, PROS, PRB
130	Miguel Corrêa (PT)	On The People's Side PT, PCdoB, PSB, DC
133	Dilma Rousseff (PT)	On The People's Side PT, PCdoB, PSB, DC
161	Vanessa Portugal (PSTU)	Unified Workers' Socialist Party (PSTU)
180	Kaka Menezes (REDE)	The Best for Minas REDE, PRTB
210	Tulio Lopes (PCB)	Socialist Minas Front PSOL, PCB
250	Rodrigo Pacheco	Rebuild Minas PSDB, PSD, DEM, SD, PTB, PPS, PMN, PSC, PP, PTC, PATRI, PMB
290	Ana Alves (PCO)	Labour Cause's Party (PCO)
300	Rodrigo Paiva (NOVO)	New Party (NOVO)
310	Carlos Viana (PHS)	Humanist Party of Solidarity (PHS)
500	Duda Salabert (PSOL)	Socialist Minas Front PSOL, PCB
540	Elio Lacerda (PPL)	Free Fatherland Party (PPL)
544	Alcindor Damasceno (PPL)	Free Fatherland Party (PPL)
700	Edson André (AVANTE)	Avante (AVANTE)
777	Dinis Pinheiro (SD)	Rebuild Minas PSDB, PSD, DEM, SD, PTB, PPS, PMN, PSC, PP, PTC, PATRI, PMB

Opinion polls[]

Governor[]

First round[]

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Anastasia PSDB	Veiga PSDB	Pimentel PT	Zema NOVO	Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size					Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
2018 election	7 Oct	–	29.06%	–	23.12%	42.73%	5.09%	20.67%	13.67%
Datafolha	3–4 Oct	1,585	32%	–	21%	15%	10%	22%	11%
Datafolha	26–28 Sep	1,387	32%	–	23%	19%	7%	21%	9%
Ibope	24–26 Sep	2,002	35%	–	21%	8%	8%	27%	14%
Datafolha	4–6 Sep	1,289	32%	–	22%	5%	7%	35%	10%
Ibope	24–26 Aug	1,204	24%	–	14%	3%	7%	51%	10%
2014 election	5 Oct 2014	–	–	41.89%	52.98%	–	5.13%	16.93%	11.09%

Second round[]

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Zema NOVO	Anastasia PSDB	Abst. Undec.	Lead
Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size			Abst. Undec.	Lead
2018 election	28 Oct	–	71.80%	28.20%	19.61%	43.60%
Ibope	25–27 Oct	2,002	58%	27%	15%	31%
Ibope	20–23 Oct	1,512	57%	29%	15%	28%
Datafolha	17–18 Oct	1,473	58%	24%	19%	34%
Ibope	15–17 Oct	1,512	57%	29%	14%	28%
Paraná Pesquisas	9–10 Oct	1,750	64.7%	23.1%	12.1%	41.6%

Senator[]

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Rousseff PT	Viana PHS	Pinheiro SD	Pacheco DEM	Neves PSDB	Franco PPS	Others	Abst. Undec. (1st seat)	Abst. Undec. (2nd seat)	Lead
Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size							Others	Abst. Undec. (1st seat)	Abst. Undec. (2nd seat)	Lead
2018 election	7 Oct	–	15.35%	20.22%	18.42%	20.49%	–	–	25.51%	27.74%		0.27%
Datafolha	26–28 Sep	1,384	28%	14%	10%	17%	–	–	41%	31%	49%	11%
Ibope	24–26 Sep	2,002	26%	15%	15%	14%	–	–	48%	55%	63%	11%
Ibope	9–11 Sep	1,512	28%	12%	7%	7%	–	–	39%	20%	30%	16%
Datafolha	4–6 Sep	1,289	26%	11%	7%	9%	–	–	46%	40%	61%	15%
Datafolha	20–21 Aug	1,214	25%	11%	5%	6%	–	–	53%	37%	63%	14%
2010 election	3 Oct 2010	–	–	–	–	–	39.47%	26.74%	33.79%	19.06%		12.73%

Debates[]

First round[]

Date	Host	Moderator	Antonio Anastasia (PSDB)	Fernando Pimentel (PT)	Romeu Zema (NOVO)	Adalclever Lopes (MDB)	Mares Guia (REDE)	Dirlene Marques (PSOL)	Claudiney Dulim (AVANTE)	Jordano Carvalho (PSTU)	Alexandre Flach (PCO)	Marcio Lacerda (PSB)
16 August 2018	Rede Bandeirantes	Inácia Soares	Present	Present	Not Invited	Not on race	Present	Present	Present	Not Invited	Not Invited	Present
18 September 2018	TV Alterosa, Uai	Benny Cohen	Present	Present	Not Invited	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not Invited	Not Invited	Out of race
29 September 2018	RecordTV, R7, Super Notícia FM	Eduardo Ribeiro	Present	Present	Not Invited	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not Invited	Not Invited
2 October 2018	Rede Globo, G1	Ismar Madeira	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not Invited	Present	Present	Not Invited	Not Invited

Second round[]

Date	Host	Moderator	Antonio Anastasia (PSDB)	Romeu Zema (NOVO)
18 October 2018	Rede Bandeirantes	Inácia Soares	Present	Present
20 October 2018	RecordTV, R7, Super Notícia FM	Carla Cecato	Present	Present
23 October 2018	TV Alterosa, Uai	Benny Cohen	Present	Absent
25 October 2018	Rede Globo, G1	Ismar Madeira	Present	Present

Results[]

Governor[]

Candidate		Party	Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Running mate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Romeu Zema	NOVO	Paulo Brant	NOVO	4,138,967	42.73	6,963,806	71.80
	Antonio Anastasia	PSDB	Marcos Montes	PSD	2,814,704	29.06	2,734,452	28.20
	Fernando Pimentel	PT	Jô Moraes	PCdoB	2,239,379	23.19
	Adalclever Lopes	MDB	Adriana Buzelin	PV	268,683	2.77
	Dirlene Marques	PSOL	Sara Azevedo	PSOL	133,986	1.38
	João Batista Mares Guia	REDE	Giovanni Corrêa	REDE	56,856	0.59
	Claudiney Dulim	AVANTE	Leandro Ramon	AVANTE	18,330	0.19
	Jordano Carvalho	PSTU	Victoria de Fátima de Mello	PSTU	15,742	0.16
	Alexandre Flach	PCO	Sebastião Pessoa	PCO	4,088	0.00
Invalid/blank votes					2,524,007	20.63	2,366,025	19.61
Canceled votes					4,088	0.03	0	0.00
Total					12,211,254	100	12,064,283	100
Registered voters/turnout					15,695,210	77.80	15,695,210	76.86

Popular vote (first round)

Zema			42.73%
Anastasia			29.06%
Pimentel			23.12%
Others			5.09%

Popular vote (second round)

Zema			71.80%
Anastasia			28.20%

Senator[]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rodrigo Pacheco	DEM	3,616,864	20.49
	Carlos Viana	PHS	3,568,658	20.22
	Dinis Pinheiro	SD	3,251,175	18.42
	Dilma Rousseff	PT	2,709,233	15.35
	Rodrigo Paiva	NOVO	1,342,645	7.61
	Miguel Corrêa	PT	1,282,946	7.27
	Fábio Cherem	PDT	899,824	5.10
	Duda Salabert	PSOL	351,874	1.99
	Elio Lacer	PPL	307,197	1.74
	Tulio Lopes	PCB	92,165	0.52
	Kaka Menezes	REDE	86,771	0.49
	Alcindor Damasceno	PPL	56,129	0.32
	Vanessa Portugal	PSTU	53,272	0.30
	Edson André	AVANTE	29,869	0.17
	Ana Alves	PCO	25,675	0.00
Invalid/blank votes			6,748,221	27.63
Canceled votes			25,675	0.11
Total			12,211,254	100
Registered voters/turnout			15,695,210	77.80

Popular vote

Pacheco			20.49%
Viana			20.22%
Pinheiro			18.42%
Rousseff			15.35%
Paiva			7.61%
Corrêa			7.27%
Cherem			5.10%
Others			5.53%

Chamber of Deputies[]

Party		Chamber of Deputies
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Workers' Party	1,343,933	13.34	8	2
	Social Liberal Party	1,100,263	10.92	6	6
	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	769,033	7.63	5	2
	Avante	616,562	6.12	3	2
	Brazilian Democratic Movement	610,205	6.05	4	2
	New Party	461,859	4.58	2	New
	Social Democratic Party	457,320	4.54	3
	Humanist Party of Solidarity	394,033	3.91	2	1
	Republican Party of the Social Order	377,657	3.75	2	2
	Progressistas	372,000	3.69	2	3
	Party of the Republic	355,184	3.52	1	2
	Brazilian Republican Party	354,433	3.52	2	1
	Brazilian Socialist Party	335,216	3.33	3
	Democratic Labour Party	298,899	2.97	2
	Democrats	285,912	2.84	1	1
	Patriota	277,469	2.75	2	2
	Socialism and Liberty Party	241,908	2.40	1	1
	Podemos	233,631	2.32	1
	Social Christian Party	202,230	2.01	1
	Brazilian Labour Party	148,428	1.47	0	1
	Solidariedade	131,080	1.30	1
	Green Party	126,374	1.25	0	1
	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party	115,623	1.15	0
	Popular Socialist Party	108,242	1.07	0
	Communist Party of Brazil	71,706	0.71	0	1
	Christian Democracy	55,761	0.55	0
	Party of National Mobilization	54,068	0.54	1
	Christian Labour Party	52,458	0.52	0	1
	Sustainability Network	41,782	0.41	0	New
	Party of the Brazilian Woman	26,643	0.26	0	New
	Progressive Republican Party	23,003	0.23	0	1
	Free Fatherland Party	17,176	0.17	0
	Brazilian Communist Party	12,247	0.12	0
	Unified Workers' Socialist Party	5,782	0.06	0
Invalid/blank votes		2,133,134	17.47	–	–
Total		12,211,254	100.0	53	–
Registered voters/turnout		15,695,210	77.80	–	–
Source: UOL

Legislative Assembly[]

Party		Legislative Assembly
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Workers' Party	1,189,187	11.75	10
	Brazilian Democratic Movement	746,112	7.37	7	3
	Brazilian Republican Party	724,626	7.16	3	1
	Social Liberal Party	712,957	7.05	6	6
	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	668,049	6.60	7	2
	Social Democratic Party	418,249	4.13	4
	Humanist Party of Solidarity	417,651	4.13	3	2
	Brazilian Labour Party	398,959	3.94	3	1
	Social Christian Party	394,159	3.90	3	1
	New Party	372,346	3.68	3	New
	Green Party	336,213	3.32	5	1
	Democrats	299,902	2.96	1	1
	Solidariedade	281,184	2.78	2	2
	Podemos	279,618	2.76	2	1
	Democratic Labour Party	257,410	2.54	2	2
	Avante	243,184	2.40	2	1
	Brazilian Socialist Party	240,779	2.38	1	2
	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party	221,983	2.19	1	1
	Patriota	217,775	2.15	2	1
	Communist Party of Brazil	217,040	2.14	1	2
	Party of the Republic	201,924	2.00	2	1
	Popular Socialist Party	199,971	1.98	1	2
	Republican Party of the Social Order	189,560	1.87	1
	Christian Democracy	177,674	1.76	1	1
	Progressistas	161,627	1.60	1	2
	Socialism and Liberty Party	124,439	1.23	1	1
	Progressive Republican Party	110,356	1.09	1	1
	Christian Labour Party	104,695	1.03	0	1
	Sustainability Network	98,796	0.98	1	New
	Party of National Mobilization	64,472	0.64	0	1
	Brazilian Communist Party	19,585	0.19	0
	Free Fatherland Party	14,842	0.15	0
	Unified Workers' Socialist Party	9,077	0.09	0
	Party of the Brazilian Woman	4,741	0.05	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		2,092,112	17.13	–	–
Total		12,211,254	100.0	53	–
Registered voters/turnout		15,695,210	77.80	–	–
Source: UOL

References[]

^ ^a ^b Ramalho, Renan (18 December 2017). "TSE aprova calendário eleitoral de 2018; normas sobre voto impresso e 'fake news' ficam para março" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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[Calendar-1] Ramalho, Renan (18 December 2017). "TSE aprova calendário eleitoral de 2018; normas sobre voto impresso e 'fake news' ficam para março" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

[2] "Zema e Anastasia disputam 2° turno para o governo do MG" (in Portuguese). G1. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

[3] Trajano, Humberto; Freitas, Raquel (28 October 2018). "Romeu Zema, do Novo, é eleito governador de Minas Gerais" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

[4] "Rodrigo Pacheco, do DEM, e Carlos Viana, do PHS, são eleitos senadores por Minas Gerais" (in Portuguese). G1. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

[5] Cotrim, Jonathas (21 August 2018). "Marcio Lacerda desiste de disputar governo de Minas após pressão do PSB" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

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