Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election, 2010

Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election, 2010

October 3, 2010

Nominee Sérgio Cabral Filho Fernando Gabeira Fernando Peregrino Party PMDB PV PR Running mate Luiz Fernando Pezão Márcio Fortes David Cabral Popular vote 5,217,972 1,632,671 853,220 Percentage 66.08% 20.68% 10.81%

Governor before election Sérgio Cabral Filho PMDB Elected Governor Sérgio Cabral Filho PMDB

The Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 2010 to elect the next Governor of Rio de Janeiro. With high approval ratings, the PMDB's Sérgio Cabral Filho was easily re-elected without the need for a runoff.^[1]

Candidates

Candidate	Running mate	Coalition[2]
Sérgio Cabral Filho PMDB	Luiz Fernando Pezão PMDB	"Juntos Pelo Rio" (PMDB, PP, PDT, PT, PTB, PSL, PTN, PSC, PSDC, PRTB, PHS, PMN, PTC, PSB, PRP, PCdoB)
Cyro Garcia PSTU	Miguel Malheiros PSTU	-
Eduardo Serra PCB	Paulo Oliveira PCB	-
Fernando Peregrino PR	David Cabral PR	"A Força do Povo" (PR, PTdoB)
Fernando Gabeira PV	Márcio Fortes PSDB	"Rio Esperança" (PV, PSDB, DEM, PPS)
Jefferson Moura PSOL	Flavio Serafini PSOL	-

Election Results

Rio de Janeiro Gubernatorial Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMDB	Sérgio Cabral Filho	5,217,972	66.08%
	PV	Fernando Gabeira	1,632,671	20.68%
	PR	Fernando Peregrino	853,220	10.81%
	PSOL	Jefferson Moura	131,980	1.67%
	PSTU	Cyro Garcia	48,793	0.62%
	PCB	Eduardo Serra	11,299	0.14%
Majority			3,585,301	45.40%
	PMDB hold		Swing

References

1. http://placar.eleicoes.uol.com.br/2010//1turno/rj/
2. http://divulgacand2010.tse.jus.br/divulgacand2010/jsp/framesetPrincipal.jsp