Covas and Boulos dispute the second round in São Paulo | Saint Paul

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Until the day of the elections, the composition of the second round was still uncertain due to the fierce dispute between the first four at the polls.

The first polls pointed to Celso Russomanno (Republicans) leading the way in voting intentions, but the candidate was falling in the following weeks, as had already happened when he ran for office in the 2016 and 2012 elections.

In the final stage, Covas took the lead and Guilherme Boulos (PSOL) and Márcio França (PSB) were technically tied with Russomanno for second place. This Sunday, however, Russomanno finished the race in fourth place with 10.5% of valid votes, behind France, with 13.65%.

The results of the São Paulo elections stalled at 0.39% of the ballot boxes found due to a failure in the computer processors of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), which caused the totalization of votes to be slow and, consequently , that the results were released.

According to the president of the Regional Electoral Tribunal (TRE), Valdir Sebastião de Campos, the processor that worked with the São Paulo data suffered a “bottleneck”.

Bruno Covas was born in Santos, 40 years old, and is the grandson of the former governor of São Paulo Mário Covas. He has a law degree from USP and an economics degree from PUC. He was elected vice president of João Doria (PSDB) in 2016. He took over the city of São Paulo in 2018, after the toucan left office to run for state government. Before that, he was a federal deputy (2014 to 2016), secretary of the Environment for the management of Alckmin (2011 to 2014) and a state deputy (2006 to 2011).

Among his main proposals in the attempt to win re-election in the City Council are to zero the line of nurseries, create new health units (UPA and UBS), create the largest popular housing program in the city, create a system of public transport in boats and go ahead with privatizations.

The vice president of the Covas ballot is Councilor Ricardo Nunes (MDB).

Guilherme Boulos was born in São Paulo and is 38 years old. He is the national coordinator of the Homeless Workers Movement (MTST) and member of the leadership of the “Frente Povo Sem Medo” movement. Philosopher, teacher, activist and psychoanalyst, he graduated in Philosophy from USP and specialized in Clinical Psychology from PUC. He also has a master’s degree in psychiatry from USP. In 2018, he ran for the Presidency of the Republic for the PSOL and obtained 617 thousand votes, or 0.58% of the valid total.

Among its main proposals for the City of São Paulo are the creation of an income distribution program for the vulnerable, the opening of a medical contest, the construction of new public housing and the social use of abandoned properties and the regularization of street vendors.

The deputy of the Boulos ballot is the federal deputy and former mayor of São Paulo Luiza Erundina (PSOL).

View election results (100% of valid votes counted)

• Bruno Covas (PSDB): 32.85%
• Guilherme Boulos (PSOL): 20.24%
• Márcio França (PSB): 13.65%
• Celso Russomanno (Republicans): 10.50%
• Jilmar Tatto (PT): 8.55%
• Arthur do Val (Patriot): 9.78%
• Joice Hasselmann (PSL): 1.84%
• Andrea Matarazzo (PSD): 1.55%
• Marina Helou (Chain): 0.41%
• Vera Lúcia (PSTU): 0.06%
• Levy Fidelix (PRTB): 0.22%
• Orlando Silva (PCdoB): 0.23%
• Antônio Carlos (PCO): 0.01%
• Blank votes: 5.87%
• Void votes: 10.11%
• Abstentions: 29.29%

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