2006 São Paulo gubernatorial election

2006 São Paulo gubernatorial election
	Candidate with the most votes per municipality (645):; Eduardo Suplicy; Afif Domingos
Senator before election; Eduardo Suplicy; PT	Elected Senator ; Eduardo Suplicy; PT

2006 São Paulo gubernatorial election
	Candidate with the most votes per municipality (645):; José Serra (629 municipalities); Aloizio Mercadante (13 municipalities); Orestes Quércia (3 municipalities)
Governor before election; Claudio Lembo; PFL	Elected Governor ; José Serra; PSDB

The São Paulo state elections of 2006 was held along with Brazilian general elections, on October 1 and on October 29, 2006. Since 1994, as a result of a constitutional amendment which reduced the presidential term to four years, all federal and state elections in Brazil have coincided. The state elections decide Governors and the state deputies for the Legislative Assemblies. Also, the members of the National Congress are elected by state.

Governor and Vice-Governor

In general, the rules of the presidential ballot also apply to the gubernatorial one. That is, the ballot is taken in two rounds, if no one reaches at least an absolute majority of the valid votes, a second round between the two most voted candidates will be held. All the candidates holding executive posts had to renounce till April 2, 2006 in order to be able to run.

The candidates for Governor of São Paulo were, in no particular order:

The Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) – was the governing party, but governor Geraldo Alckmin could not run for reelection. Thus, the party had to appoint a new name for the run. After governor Alckmin was selected as the presidential candidate on a dispute with the state capital mayor José Serra, it was proposed that Serra should be the candidate for the state government.
Workers' Party (PT) – the main opposition party in the state held primaries and chose Aloizio Mercadante, senator of São Paulo in the fourth year of his term (the term of a senator in Brazil is eight years-long).
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) – chose former governor of São Paulo Orestes Quércia as their candidate.
Other candidates included Plinio de Arruda Sampaio (PSOL) and Carlos Apolinário (PDT)

Results

Governor


Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	José Serra	Alberto Goldman	PSDB	12,381,038	57.93
	Aloizio Mercadante	Nádia Campeão (PCdoB)	PT	6,771,582	31.68
	Orestes Quércia	Átila Russomanno (PP)	PMDB	977,695	4.57
	Plínio de Arruda Sampaio	Mauro Iasi (PCB)	PSOL	532,470	2.49
	Carlos Apolinário	José Pereira dos Santos	PDT	430,847	2.02
	Cláudio de Mauro	Aurélio Nomura	PV	186,087	0.87
	Mario Guide	Marcos Gava	PSB	39,857	0.19
	Tarcísio Foglio	Samuel Rodrigues	PSC	17,420	0.08
	Antônio da Cunha Lima	Edna Ortolan	PSDC	7,073	0.03
	Roberto Sarli Júnior	Roberto Machioni	PAN	6,607	0.03
	Eder Xavier	Jarbas Ávila	PTC	6,047	0.03
	Roberto Siqueira Gomes	Marcos Germano	PSL	5,982	0.03
	Anaí Caproni	Firmino Alves Rosa	PCO	5,902	0.03
	Fred Corrêa	Evandro de Lima (PTdoB)	PTN	4,523	0.02
	Pedro Viviani	Armando Coelho Neto	PMN	0	0.00
	Rui Reichmann	Gioconda Cornélio	PRONA	0	0.00
Total				21,373,130	100.00

Valid votes				21,373,130	89.91
Invalid votes				1,274,283	5.36
Blank votes				1,124,475	4.73
Total votes				23,771,888	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				28,037,734	84.79
	PSDB hold

Popular vote

Serra			57.93%
Mercadante			31.68%
Quércia			4.57%
Sampaio			2.49%
Apolinário			2.02%
Others			1.31%

Senator


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Eduardo Suplicy (incumbent)	PT	8,968,803	47.77
	Guilherme Afif	PFL	8,212,177	43.74
	Alda Marco Antônio	PMDB	929,179	4.95
	Elza Pereira	PDT	195,817	1.04
	Domingos Fernandes	PV	187,587	1.00
	Luís Carlos Prates	PSTU	81,525	0.43
	Manoel do Nascimento	PSC	52,388	0.28
	Marcelo Reis Lobo	PSB	48,581	0.26
	Robson Malek	PRONA	42,971	0.23
	Paulo Piasenti	PTdoB	22,484	0.12
	João Dárcio Filho	PTN	9,856	0.05
	José Ribamar Dantas	PMN	9,426	0.05
	Ana Prudente	PTC	7,050	0.04
	Antônio Carlos Silva	PCO	3,027	0.02
	João Rezende	PAN	2,550	0.01
	Constantino Cury	PHS	0	0.00
	Félix Gil Fernandes	PRP	0	0.00
	Raimundo Souza Teixeira	PRTB	0	0.00
	Rubens Pavão	PSDC	0	0.00
Total			18,773,421	100.00

Valid votes			18,773,421	79.03
Invalid votes			2,757,189	11.61
Blank votes			2,223,288	9.36
Total votes			23,753,898	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			28,037,734	84.72
	PT hold

Popular vote

Suplicy			47.77%
Afif			43.74%
Antônio			4.95%
Others			3.27%

Chamber of Deputies


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	4,291,456	21.08	17	6
	Workers' Party	3,869,122	19.01	14	4
	Liberal Front Party	1,587,703	7.80	5	2
	Progressive Party	1,571,945	7.72	6	3
	Green Party	1,442,429	7.09	5	3
	Brazilian Socialist Party	1,154,455	5.67	4	1
	Brazilian Labour Party	1,082,382	5.32	4	1
	Democratic Labour Party	1,037,481	5.10	3	2
	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party	792,331	3.89	3	1
	Liberal Party	668,164	3.28	2	1
	Christian Labour Party	527,373	2.59	2	2
	Popular Socialist Party	497,105	2.44	1	2
	Social Christian Party	476,306	2.34	1	1
	Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order	437,096	2.15	1	5
	Socialism and Liberty Party	295,933	1.45	1	New
	Communist Party of Brazil	258,731	1.27	1	1
	Christian Social Democratic Party	82,283	0.40	0
	Social Liberal Party	75,132	0.37	0
	Progressive Republican Party	33,478	0.16	0
	Humanist Party of Solidarity	31,474	0.15	0
	Labour Party of Brazil	27,945	0.14	0
	Party of National Mobilization	27,547	0.14	0
	Party of the Nation's Retirees	25,908	0.13	0
	United Socialist Workers' Party	18,227	0.09	0
	National Labour Party	14,715	0.07	0
	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party	12,110	0.06	0
	Brazilian Communist Party	10,456	0.05	0
	Workers' Cause Party	5,591	0.03	0
Total		20,354,878	100.00	70	–

Valid votes		20,354,878	85.63
Invalid votes		1,749,645	7.36
Blank votes		1,667,056	7.01
Total votes		23,771,579	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		28,037,734	84.78

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