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Explaining Brazil #311: What to make of Brazil’s municipal elections?
Gustavo Ribeiro
October 09, 2024 • Reading Time: 3 minutes
The first round of municipal elections in Brazil has come and gone. Brazilians in almost 5,600 municipalities went to the polls to pick new mayors and city council members.
The dispute was settled on Sunday in all but 52 cities. This week, we will discuss what conclusions can be drawn from the results, the key races still in play, and the effects of these local elections on national politics.
Who were the big winners? What did the results say about the strength of Lula and Jair Bolsonaro? And what’s going to happen in São Paulo, Brazil’s biggest city? Those are just some of the topics we’ll be discussing this week, as we pick apart Sunday’s vote.
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Cedê Silva is The Brazilian Report’s Brasília correspondent. Euan Marshall is The Brazilian Report’s deputy editor.
Background reading:
On the morning after the election, our Brazil Weekly newsletter took apart the main results, showing how the Big Center came out on top.
And, back in episode #136 of Explaining Brazil, we took a deep dive into the Big Center, showing where they come from and why they are so powerful.
The first round in São Paulo truly did go down to the wire, with the runoff decided by a tiny margin of votes in Brazil’s biggest city.
Ahead of the election, we looked at the campaign promises of candidates in the cities worst affected by wildfires and climate issues — and none of these major topics made it into key manifestos.
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