2014 Bahia gubernatorial election

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Nominee  | Rui Costa | Paulo Souto | Lídice da Mata
Party  | PT | DEM | PSB
Running mate  | João Leão | Joaci Góes | Eduardo Vasconcelos
Popular vote  | 3,558,975 | 2,440,409  | 432,379
Percentage  |  54.53% | 37.39%  | 6.62%

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| Governor before election

Jaques Wagner

| Elected Governor

Rui Costa

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The Bahia gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next Governor of the state of Bahia. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election will be held on 26 October.[1] Governor Jaques Wagner is ineligible to run due to term limits (eight years). In a stunning upset, the PT nominee Rui Costa won the election with 54.5% of valid votes against 37.3% of Paulo Souto in the first-round.[2]

## Candidates[edit]

Candidate | Running mate | Coalition

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Rui Costa
PT | João Leão
PP | "Pra Bahia Mudar Mais"
(PT, PP, PSD, PDT, PR, PCdoB, PTB, PMN)
Renata Mallet
PSTU | Carlos José Bispo do Nascimento
PSTU | \-
Paulo Souto
DEM | Joaci Góes
PSDB | "Unidos pela Bahia"
(DEM, PSDB, PMDB, SD, PTN, PROS, PRB, PSC, PTC,
PV, PPS, PRP, PTdoB, PSDC)
Rogério Tadeu da Luz
PRTB | Antônio Gomes de Andrade Neto
PRTB | "Por uma Bahia Livre e Justa"
(PRTB, PEN)
Lídice da Mata
PSB | Eduardo Lima Vasconcelos
PSL | "Um Novo Caminho para a Bahia"
(PSB, PSL, PPL)
Marcos Mendes
PSOL | Ronaldo Santos
PSOL | \-

## Opinion Polling[edit]

Date  | Institute[3][4] | Candidate  | Blank/Null/Undecided

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Rui Costa (PT)  | Paulo Souto (DEM)  | Lídice da Mata (PSB)  | Rogério da Luz (PRTB)  | Marcos Mendes (PSOL)  | Renata Mallet (PSTU)
September 29-October 4, 2014  | Ibope  | 36%  | 36%  | 4%  | 1%  | 1%  | 1%  | 22%
September 23-29, 2014  | Babesp  | 34%  | 35%  | 6%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 25%
September 21-23, 2014  | Ibope  | 27%  | 43%  | 7%  | \-  | 1%  | 1%  | 21%
September 16-21, 2014  | Babesp  | 28%  | 37%  | 9%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 26%
September 6-9, 2014  | Ibope  | 24%  | 46%  | 6%  | 1%  | 1%  | \-  | 22%

## References[edit]

1. ^ "TSE aprova calendário e divulga datas das eleições de 2014".
2. ^ (in Portuguese) http://g1.globo.com/bahia/eleicoes/2014/noticia/2014/10/rui-costa-do-pt-e-eleito-governador-da-bahia.html
3. ^ (in Portuguese) Poll tracker at UOL Notícias
4. ^ (in Portuguese) http://eleicoes.uol.com.br/2014/pesquisas-eleitorais/bahia/1-turno/

* Eleições 2014 - Apuração de votos na BA (in Portuguese)