Paraíba gubernatorial election, 2014

Paraíba gubernatorial election, 2014

October 5, 2014

Nominee Ricardo Coutinho (inc.) Cássio Cunha Lima Vital do Rêgo Filho Party PSB PSDB PMDB Running mate Lígia Feliciano Ruy Carneiro Roberto Paulino

Governor before election Ricardo Coutinho PSB Elected Governor TBD

The Paraíba gubernatorial election will be held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next Governor of the state of Paraíba, Brazil. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election will be held on the 26th of October.^[1] Governor Ricardo Coutinho is running for reelection.

Candidates

Candidate	Running mate	Coalition
Vital do Rêgo Filho PMDB	Roberto Paulino PMDB	"Renovação de Verdade" (PMDB)
Antônio Radical PSTU	Lena Leite PSTU	-
Ricardo Coutinho PSB	Lígia Feliciano PDT	"A Força do Trabalho" (PSB, PDT, PT, DEM, PRTB, PRP, PV, PSL, PCdoB, PHS, PPL)
Cássio Cunha Lima PSDB	Ruy Carneiro PSDB	"A Vontade do Povo" (PSDB, PEN, PR, PTB, PSD, SD, PMN, PPS, PTdoB, PTN, PRB, PSDC, PSC, PP)
Tárcio Teixeira PSOL	Marcos Dias PSOL	-
Major Fábio PROS	Olavo Filho PROS	-

Opinion Polling

Date	Institute[2]	Candidate						Blank/Null/Undecided
		Ricardo Coutinho (PSB)	Cássio Cunha Lima (PSDB)	Vital do Rêgo Filho (PMDB)	Major Fábio (PROS)	Tárcio Teixeira (PSOL)	Antônio Radical (PSTU)
August 28–31, 2014	Ibope	33%	47%	4%	1%	-	-	14%
August 7–9, 2014	Ipespe	25%	48%	3%	1%	-	-	22%

References

1. "TSE aprova calendário e divulga datas das eleições de 2014". noticias.terra.com.br. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
2. (Portuguese) Poll tracker at UOL Notícias