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]

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)

Coalitions

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

^ "TSE aprova calendário e divulga datas das eleições de 2014". noticias.terra.com.br. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
^ "Apuração de votos e resultado das Eleições 2014 MT: Governador eleito (Fonte: TSE) - UOL Eleições 2014".
^ "MidiaNews | PDT confirma Carlos Fávaro como vice de Pedro Taques". 24 June 2014.
^ http://divulga.tse.jus.br/oficial/index.html ^{[dead link]}

[terra-1] "TSE aprova calendário e divulga datas das eleições de 2014". noticias.terra.com.br. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

[2] "Apuração de votos e resultado das Eleições 2014 MT: Governador eleito (Fonte: TSE) - UOL Eleições 2014".

[3] "MidiaNews | PDT confirma Carlos Fávaro como vice de Pedro Taques". 24 June 2014.

[4] ttp://divulga.tse.jus.br/oficial/index.html ^{[dead link]}

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