2016 São Paulo mayoral election

The 2016 São Paulo municipal election took place in the city of São Paulo on the 2 October 2016.[2] Voters voted to elect the Mayor, the Vice Mayor and 55 City Councillors for the administration of the city. The result was a 1st round victory for João Doria of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB), winning 3,085,187 votes and a share of 53,28% of the popular vote, defeating incumbent mayor Fernando Haddad of the Workers' Party (PT), who took 967,190 votes and a share of 16,70% of the popular vote. Although Haddad came in second place on the popular vote, he did not win any electoral zone, while Marta Suplicy (PMDB), who came in fourth place, managed to win a plurality of the votes in 2 electoral zones.

2016 São Paulo municipal election

October 2, 2016
Opinion polls
Turnout	78.16%[1]
Mayoral election
Candidate João Doria Fernando Haddad Party PSDB PT Running mate Bruno Covas Gabriel Chalita Popular vote 3,085,187[1] 967,190[1] Percentage 53.28%[1] 16.70%[1]
João Doria      Marta Suplicy
Mayor before election Fernando Haddad PT Elected Mayor João Doria PSDB
Parliamentary election
Party Leader % Seats ± Municipal Chamber PSDB Aurélio Nomura 19.23% 11 +2 PT Senival Moura 15.90% 9 -2 PRB Souza Santos 7.88% 4 +2 DEM Sandra Tadeu 5.21% 4 +2 PMDB Nelo Rodolfo 4.74% 2 -2 PSD José Police Neto 4.56% 4 -3 PV Abou Anni 4.37% 2 -2 PTB Paulo Frange 4.10% 2 -2 PSOL Toninho Vespoli 3.44% 2 +1 PR Toninho Paiva 3.02% 4 +1 PTN None 2.74% 1 +1 PCdoB None 1.56% 0 -1 PSC None 1.09% 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Background

The campaign happened in the context of the ongoing political crisis and the fallout after the recently impeached president Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers' Party (PT).[3] This event played a huge role in the election, which would see a weakened Worker's Party (PT). The election saw the resurgence of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) with Doria emerging as their leading candidate in opposition to the Worker's Party, which was suffering a steady decline following Dilma's impeachment.

Incumbent mayor Fernando Haddad ran a reelection campaign on keeping the left-wing status-quo, in contrast to Doria's campaign, which emphasized mostly socially liberal economic reforms, as part of the "liberal wave" following the fallout of Dilma's impeachment. Among other candidates were Celso Russomano (PRB), Marta Suplicy (PMDB), Altino Prazeres (PSTU), Ricardo Young (REDE), João Bico (PSDC), Levy Fidelix (PRTB), Luiza Erundina (PSOL) and Major Olímpio (SD).

Candidates

#		Party/coalition	Mayoral candidate		Political office(s)	Vice-Mayoral candidate
	10	"São Paulo Knows, We Solve It" PRB, PSC, PTB, PEN		Celso Russomanno (PRB)	Federal Deputy from São Paulo since 2015, 1995–2011	Marlene Campos Machado (PTB)
	13	"More São Paulo" PT, PCdoB, PR, PDT, PROS		Fernando Haddad (PT)	Mayor of São Paulo since 2013; Minister of Education 2005–12	Gabriel Chalita (PDT)
	15	"Union for São Paulo" PMDB, PSD		Marta Suplicy (PMDB)	Senator for São Paulo since 2011; Minister of Culture 2012–14; Minister of Tourism 2007–08; Mayor of São Paulo 2001–05; Federal Deputy from São Paulo 1995–99	Andrea Matarazzo (PSD)
	16	United Socialist Workers' Party (PSTU)		Altino Prazeres (PSTU)	President of the São Paulo Metro Workers Union since 2010	Professora Janaína (PSTU)
	18	Sustainability Network (REDE)		Ricardo Young (REDE)	City Councillor of São Paulo since 2013	Carlota Mingola (REDE)
	27	Social Democratic Christian Party (PSDC)		João Bico (PSDC)	Vice President of the Trade Association of São Paulo	Sílvia Cristina (PSDC)
	28	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB)		Levy Fidelix (PRTB)	PRTB National President since 1994	Jairo Glikson (PRTB)
	45	"Speed Up SP" PSDB, PP, PSB, DEM, PTN, PMN, PPS, PHS, PV, PSL, PMB, PRP, PTC, PTdoB		João Doria (PSDB)	Entrepreneur and TV presenter	Bruno Covas (PSDB)
	50	"Dreams Can Govern" PSOL, PCB, PPL		Luiza Erundina (PSOL)	Federal Deputy from São Paulo since 1999; Minister of the Federal Administration 1993; Mayor of São Paulo 1989–93; State Deputy of São Paulo 1987–89; City Councillor of São Paulo 1983–86	Ivan Valente (PSOL)
	77	Solidariedade (SD)		Major Olímpio (SD)	Federal Deputy from São Paulo since 2015; State Deputy of São Paulo 2007–15	David Martins (SD)

Debates

Date	Host	Moderator	João Doria (PSDB)	Celso Russomanno (PRB)	Fernando Haddad (PT)	Major Olímpio (SD)	Marta Suplicy (PMDB)	Luiza Erundina (PSOL)	Ricardo Young (REDE)	Levy Fidélix (PRTB)	Altino Prazeres (PSTU)	Henrique Áreas (PCO)	João Bico (PSDC)
22 August 2016	TV Bandeirantes	Boris Casoy	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited
2 September 2016	RedeTV!, Veja, UOL, Facebook	Mariana Godoy, Amanda Klein	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited
18 September 2016	TV Gazeta, Estadão, Twitter	Maria Lydia Flândoli	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited
23 September 2016	SBT, UOL, Folha	Carlos Nascimento	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited
25 September 2016	Record, Google	Adriana Araújo	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited
29 September 2016	Rede Globo	César Tralli	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited	Not invited

Opinion polls

Graphical timeline

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Russomanno PRB	Suplicy PMDB	Chalita PMDB	Haddad PT	Erundina PSOL	Giannazi PSOL	Doria PSDB	Serra PSDB	Matarazzo PSD/PSDB	Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
2016 election	2 Oct	–	13.64%	10.14%	–	16.70%	3.16%	–	53.29%	–	–	3.04%	21.84%	36.59%
Ibope	29 Sep–1 Oct	1,204	20%	16%	–	13%	5%	–	30%	–	–	3%	13%	10%
Datafolha	30 Sep–1 Oct	4,022	14%	12%	–	14%	5%	–	38%	–	–	3%	14%	24%
Ibope	25–28 Sep	1,204	22%	16%	–	13%	5%	–	28%	–	–	4%	12%	6%
Datafolha	26 Sep	1,260	22%	15%	–	11%	5%	–	30%	–	–	2%	16%	8%
Ibope	20–26 Sep	1,204	24%	15%	–	12%	4%	–	28%	–	–	3%	14%	4%
Datafolha	21 Sep	1,260	22%	20%	–	10%	4%	–	25%	–	–	3%	15%	3%
Paraná Pesquisas	16–20 Sep	1,200	27.7%	19.5%	–	8.5%	4.9%	–	21.2%	–	–	3.3%	15%	6.5%
Ibope	10–13 Sep	1,001	30%	20%	–	9%	5%	–	17%	–	–	3%	16%	10%
Datafolha	8 Sep	1,092	26%	21%	–	9%	7%	–	16%	–	–	4%	17%	5%
Paraná Pesquisas	28 Aug–1 Sep	1,200	32.1%	15.8%	–	7.0%	7.1%	–	13.7%	–	–	4.7%	19.5%	16.1%
Datafolha	23–24 Aug	1,092	31%	16%	–	8%	10%	–	5%	–	–	5%	24%	15%
Ibope	19–22 Aug	805	33%	17%	–	9%	9%	–	9%	–	–	6%	17%	16%
Ibope	22–27 Jul	602	29%	10%	–	7%	8%	–	7%	–	–	17%	18%	19%
Datafolha	12–13 Jul	1,092	25%	16%	–	8%	10%	–	6%	–	–	13%	23%	9%
			–	21%	–	11%	13%	–	7%	–	–	19%	30%	8%
Datafolha	16–19 Jun	602	26%	10%	–	7%	8%	–	6%	–	–	18%	26%	16%
Datafolha	28–29 Oct 2015	1,092	34%	13%	–	12%	–	–	3%	–	–	17%	20%	11%
			34%	13%	–	12%	–	–	–	–	4%	17%	20%	11%
2012 election	7 Oct	–	21.6%	–	13.6%	28.98%	–	1.02%	–	30.75%	–	4.04%	12.78%	1.77%

Results

Mayor

Candidate		Party	Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	João Doria	PSDB	Bruno Covas	PSDB	3,085,187	53.29
	Fernando Haddad	PT	Gabriel Chalita	PDT	967,190	16.70
	Celso Russomanno	PRB	Marlene Campos Machado	PTB	789,986	13.64
	Marta Suplicy	PMDB	Andrea Matarazzo	PSD	587,220	10.14
	Luiza Erundina	PSOL	Ivan Valente	PSOL	184,000	3.18
	Major Olímpio	SD	David Martins	SD	116,870	2.02
	Ricardo Young	REDE	Carlota Mingola	REDE	25,993	0.45
	Levy Fidelix	PRTB	Jairo Glikson	PRTB	21,705	0.37
	João Bico	PSDC	Sílvia Cristina	PSDC	6,006	0.10
	Altino Prazeres	PSTU	Professora Janaína	PSTU	4,715	0.08
	Henrique Áreas	PCO	Tranquillo Moterle	PCO	1,019	0.02
Invalid/blank votes					10,313,141	–
Total					1,155,850	100
Registered voters/turnout					6,945,891	83.36
Source: Globo

Popular vote Doria   53.29% Haddad   16.70% Russomanno   13.64% Marta   10.14% Erundina   3.18% Olímpio   2.02% Others   1.02%

Municipal Chamber

Municipal Chamber

Party		Municipal Chamber
		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	1,032,160	19.23	11	2
	Workers' Party	853,808	15.90	9	2
	Brazilian Republican Party	423,107	7.88	4	2
	Democrats	279,834	5.21	4	2
	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party	254,669	4.74	2	2
	Social Democratic Party	244,576	4.56	4	3
	Green Party	234,660	4.37	2	2
	Brazilian Labour Party	219,972	4.10	2	2
	Socialism and Liberty Party	184,461	3.44	2	1
	Brazilian Socialist Party	169,891	3.16	3
	Party of the Republic	162,335	3.02	4	1
	Humanist Party of Solidarity	152,046	2.83	1
	National Labour Party	147,123	2.74	1	1
	New Party	140,794	2.62	1	New
	Progressive Party	130,099	2.42	1
	Democratic Labour Party	128,987	2.40	0
	Popular Socialist Party	99,758	1.86	2
	Communist Party of Brazil	83,489	1.56	0	1
	Social Liberal Party	64,118	1.19	0
	Social Christian Party	58,400	1.09	1	1
	Solidariedade	55,004	1.02	0
	Sustainability Network	47,302	0.88	0	New
	Republican Party of the Social Order	39,461	0.74	1	New
	Social Democratic Christian Party	32,347	0.61	0
	Progressive Republican Party	30,869	0.57	0
	National Ecologic Party	24,180	0.45	0
	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party	21,245	0.40	0
	Christian Labour Party	17,877	0.33	0
	Free Fatherland Party	14,114	0.26	0
	United Socialist Workers' Party	6,505	0.12	0
	Labour Party of Brazil	5,028	0.11	0
	Party of the Brazilian Woman	5,864	0.11	0	New
	Brazilian Communist Party	2,489	0.05	0
	Workers' Cause Party	827	0.02	0
Invalid/blank votes		1,577,133	–	–	–
Total		6,945,741	100.0	55	–
Registered voters/turnout		8,886,195	78.16	–	–
Source: UOL

References

1. "Eleições 2016 São Paulo/SP: Aprovação, resultado, prefeito e vereadores eleitos" (in Portuguese). Uol. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
2. Prazeres, Leandro (9 July 2015). "Câmara aprova novas regras para eleições; veja o que pode mudar" (in Portuguese). Uol. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
3. Watts, Jonathan; Bowater, Donna (1 September 2016). "Brazil's Dilma Rousseff impeached by Senate in crushing defeat". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2017.