2014 Mato Grosso gubernatorial election

The Mato Grosso gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next governor of the state of Mato Grosso. If no candidate had received more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election would have been held on 26 October.[1] Governor Silval Barbosa did not run for a second term. Senator Pedro Taques of the PDT won election to the open seat in the first round.[2]

2014 Mato Grosso gubernatorial election

October 5, 2014
 
PT
PSD
Nominee Pedro Taques Lúdio Cabral Janete Riva
Party PDT PT PSD
Running mate Carlos Fávaro Tetê Bezerra Aray Fonseca
Popular vote 833,788 472,507 144,440
Percentage 57.25% 32.45% 9.92%


Governor before election

Silval Barbosa
PMDB

Elected Governor

Pedro Taques
PDT

Candidates

  • Pedro Taques 12 (PDT) - Senator from Mato Grosso (elected in 2010)
    • Carlos Fávaro 12 (PP) - agricultural producer; former President of the Association of Corn and Soybean Producers (Aprosoja)[3]
  • Lúdio Cabral 13 (PT) - former Cuiabá Councillor (elected in 2004, 2008); candidate for Mayor of Cuiabá (2012)
    • Tetê Bezerra 13 (PMDB) - State Deputy (elected in 2010)
  • Dr. José Roberto 50 (PSOL) - lawyer
    • Marco Natale 50 (PSOL) - accountant
  • Janete Riva 55 (PSD)
    • Dr. Aray 55 (PSD)

Opinion Polling

Results

Mato Grosso Gubernatorial Election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PDT Pedro Taques 833,788 57.25%
PT Lúdio Cabral 472,507 32.45%
PSD Janete Riva 144,440 9.92%
PSOL Dr. José Roberto 5,570 0.38%
Majority 361,281 24.80%
PDT gain from PT Swing

References

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