The 2020 elections in 20 numbers | Elections 2020

But the elections are not over yet: in Macapá, the blackout at the beginning of the month caused the voting to be postponed (the 1st round was rescheduled for December 6 and, if necessary, the 2nd round is held on the 20th).

In 104 cities the elections are sub judice (this is because the registration of the elect was rejected and the decision of the Electoral Justice is awaited).

See 20 numbers for the 2020 elections:

29.43% of voters abstained in the 2nd round

Voter abstention reached 29.43% in the 2nd round, a percentage higher than the 23.14% in the 1st round. In previous municipal elections, abstention in the 2nd round was 21.55% in 2016 and 19.12% in 2012.

• Campinas was the city with the highest proportion of null and white votes in the 2nd round
• Vitória da Conquista was the city with the highest electoral participation

784 elected: the MDB is the party with the most mayors

The MDB elected 784 mayors and it will be the party with the largest number of mayors, as well as being the party that won the most in the capitals. Despite this, the party elected 251 fewer mayors compared to 2016. PP and PSD soon followed, with 685 and 654 mayors elected, respectively.

• See the number of mayors elected by party in Brazil
• How do the parties in the capitals

45% of the municipalities will be commanded by Centrão

The Centrão parties, which form the political base in the Chamber of Deputies of the government of President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party), will administer more than 2,400 municipalities from 2021, equivalent to 45% of Brazilian cities. There are 10 parties that make up the group: PP, PSD, PL, PTB, Republicans, PSC, Solidarity, Avante, Patriota and Pros.

• See the number of prefectures for each Centrão party

34 million people will be governed by the PSDB

The PSDB will be the party that will govern the largest number of Brazilians: 34 million people live in the cities where the party’s candidates won the dispute. The MDB will be in charge of cities that together have 26 million inhabitants, while the DEM will command almost 25.5 million people.

• PSDB, MDB, PSD and DEM will manage the largest number of large cities

No capital will be commanded by PT

For the first time since the re-democratization, the PT has not elected a mayor in any of the Brazilian capitals. In 2020, the party ends the elections with 183 municipalities, the lowest number in 16 years.

11 of the 15 PT candidates in the second round lost

The PT lost 11 of the 15 disputes in which it participated this Sunday (29), and it was the match with the most defeats on the 2nd round. The MDB, for its part, was the party that won the most city councils in the second round of these elections, with 10 victories.

4 parties did not elect mayor

PCB, PCO, PSTU and UP did not elect any mayor in these elections. A survey of the G1 It shows that the PP was the legend with the highest hit rate in the 1st round, considering the number of candidates launched and how many of them were elected.

11 of 13 mayoral candidates supported by Bolsonaro were defeated

During the electoral campaign, President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) made “life” in the Palacio de la Alvorada to ask for votes for 13 mayoral candidates, of whom 11 were defeated (9 in the 1st round). Only two were elected in the country.

• Bolsonaro-backed mayoral candidates defeated in 2nd round

78 candidates used the name ‘Bolsonaro’ at the polls (and only 1 was elected)

3 candidates for mayor, 2 for vice mayor and 73 candidates for councilor used the name “Bolsonaro” at the polls. The party in which it happened the most was the PSL, with 16 names, followed by Patriota, with 10, and Republicans, with 8. Only one of them was elected: son Carlos.

• Supported by Bolsonaro, Wal do Açaí is not elected councilor in Angra dos Reis

9 candidates for reelection in the capital won, 4 lost

Of the 13 mayors who tried for reelection in the capitals, 9 achieved victory. 5 of them had already won the elections in the 1st round. 4 of the 5 who tried to be reelected this Sunday (29) won the race – of this group, Marcelo Crivella (Republicans), in Rio de Janeiro, was the only one who did not win.

• More than half of the mayors and councilors are re-elected in 2020

17 course change decisions in the 2nd round

Of the 57 cities with a 2nd round, 17 registered a “turn” at the polls. In 30% of the cities in dispute, the winning candidate of the 2nd round was not the one with the most votes in the 1st. Only 3 “shifts” were held in the capitals: Cuiabá (MT), Maceió (AL) and Manaus (AM).

• See list of mayors elected in the 2nd round

8 elected mayors of the capital declare themselves black

Of the 25 elected capitals, 8 will have self-proclaimed black mayors, all identified with the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) as pardo. According to the TSE, black is the sum of blacks and browns. The number is double what was registered in the last municipal elections of 2016, when only four of the candidates who declared themselves brown won the capitals.

Macapá, whose election has yet to take place, has a candidate who declares himself black.

• Look who the 8 black mayors of the capitals are

8 women won in the 2nd round

Among the 57 cities that had a second round, only 8 women won the contest. And only one of the 25 Brazilian capitals will be governed by a woman: Palmas (TO), where Cinthia Ribeiro (PSDB) was re-elected in the 1st round.

Macapá, whose election has yet to take place, has a female candidate.

Across Brazil, 658 women were elected to command mayors, among the 5,463 elected. This represents around 12% of the total elected.

8 indigenous people were elected mayors, only one is a woman

Eight municipalities elected indigenous candidates for the position of mayor, according to TSE data. Of these, only one is a woman and 4 of them are the current mayors of their municipalities.

• See the cities that will have indigenous mayors

58,000 elected councilors: the average profile is male, white and married

More than 58 thousand councilors were elected for the municipalities, and the average profile of those elected is male, white, married, with a full high school diploma and 44 years of age. Women represented only 16% of the total number of councilors, the number increased in relation to the 2016 elections, when they were 13.5% of those elected.

• Even with the increase in black candidates, municipalities still have a white majority in the country.
• Of the 25 capitals, only 7 mayors will take office with the support of more than half of the City Council

5,297 candidates received no votes; 65% were women

More than 5,000 candidates did not receive votes in these elections and among them 65% were women (3,454). This happened despite the fact that applications from women represent only 33% of all candidates.

The oldest mayor is 95 years old and the youngest is 21 years old.

The oldest elected mayor was José Braz (PP), 95, in the municipality of Muriaé (MG). The five youngest mayors are 21, the minimum age to run.

In the capitals, the youngest mayor will be João Campos (PSB), 27, in Recife (PE). The oldest is Dr. Pessoa (MDB), 74 years old, in Teresina (PI).

8 of the 15 congressmen who went to the 2nd round were elected

70 congressmen participated in municipal elections across the country. Of these, 3 were elected mayors or vice-mayors in the 1st round and another 15 went on to the second round. In the 2nd round, 8 federal deputies were elected mayors or vice mayors, four of them in capitals.

Fierce dispute in the 2nd round was in Taboão da Serra: 0.63% difference

The fiercest dispute of the 2nd round took place in Taboão da Serra (SP), where candidate Aprigio (Pode) won by just 1,695 votes, with 50.63% of the total.

In the 1st round, the municipality of Caraúbas (PB) was decided by age, as the dispute ended tied with 1,761 votes for each candidate – Silvano Dudu (DEM), 52, won in Nerivan’s tiebreaker (MDB) , 35 years old.

In Itapuca (RS), the election was decided by one vote: Marcos (DEM) was reelected with 814 votes in total (49.07%), defeating Airton Scorsatto, who had 813 votes (49.01%). These cases occur because the 2nd shift only occurs in cities with more than 200 thousand inhabitants.

85.36% was the greatest advantage

The candidate with the highest margin in relation to 2nd place was Arthur Henrique (MDB), from Boa Vista (RR), who obtained 85.36% of the votes. The candidate Ottaci (Solidarity) won, obtaining 14.64% of the votes.

In some municipalities there was no competition: there were 106 cities with only one candidate.

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