2014 Mato Grosso gubernatorial election

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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%

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| Governor before election

Silval Barbosa
MDB

| Elected Governor

Pedro Taques
PDT

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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

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* 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

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## Opinion Polling

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## Results

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Mato Grosso Gubernatorial Election[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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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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. ^ http://divulga.tse.jus.br/oficial/index.html [dead link‍]