2018 Tocantins gubernatorial special election

The 2018 Tocantins gubernatorial special election was summoned by the Superior Electoral Court after the decision that removed the Governor and Vice Governor of Tocantins, who won the 2014 election, by the allegation of abuse of economic power. In the face of such sentence, the President of the Legislative Assembly, Mauro Carlesse, took office as Acting Governor until a new voting decided who would command the state government. Altogether, seven candidacies were registered for the election.[1][2] Carlesse ran for Governor and defeated Senator Vicentinho Alves in the second round with more than 75% of the valid votes. The term of Carlesse ends on 1 January 2019, when the Governor-elect in the October election will take office.

2018 Tocantins gubernatorial special election

3 June 2018 (first round) 24 June 2018 (second round)
Turnout	69.86% (first round) 65.13% (second round)
Candidate Mauro Carlesse Vicentinho Alves Party PHS PR Alliance Government of Attitude The Turn of Tocantinenses Running mate Wanderlei Barbosa Divino Bethânia popular vote 368,553 121,908 Percentage 75.14% 24.86
Mauro Carlesse      Vicentinho Alves      Carlos Amastha      Kátia Abreu
Governor before election Mauro Carlesse PHS Elected Governor Mauro Carlesse PHS

Candidates

Candidates in runoff

#		Party/coalition	Gubernatorial candidate		Political office(s)	Vice-Gubernatorial candidate
	22	"The Turn of Tocantinenses" PR, PROS, SD, PMB, PPL		Vicentinho Alves (PR)	Senator for Tocantins 2011–19; Federal Deputy from Tocantins 2007–11; State Deputy of Tocantins 1999–2007	Divino Bethânia (PROS)
	31	"Government of Attitude" PHS, DEM, PP, PRB, PPS, PTC, PMN		Mauro Carlesse (PHS)	Governor of Tocantins 2018–present; President of the Legislative Assembly of Tocantins 2017–18; Legislative Assembly of Tocantins of Tocantins 2015–18	Wanderlei Barbosa (PHS)

Candidates failing to make runoff

#		Party/coalition	Gubernatorial candidate		Political office(s)	Vice-Gubernatorial candidate
	12	"Rebuilding Tocantins" PDT, PSD, PSC, AVANTE, PEN		Kátia Abreu (PDT)	Senator for Tocantins since 2007; Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply 2015–16; Federal Deputy from Tocantins 2003–07	Marco Antônio Costa (PSD)
	18	Sustainability Network (REDE)		Marlón Reis (REDE)	Justice of the Justice Court of Maranhão since 2016	Edvan de Jesus Silva (REDE)
	28	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB)		Marcos de Souza (PRTB)	–	Sargento Jenilson (PRTB)
	40	"The Real Change" PSB, PT, PTB, PCdoB, PODE		Carlos Amastha (PSB)	Mayor of Palmas 2013–18	Célio Moura (PT)

Candidacy denied

#		Party/coalition	Gubernatorial candidate		Political office(s)	Vice-Gubernatorial candidate
	50	Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL)		Mário Lúcio Avelar (PSOL)	–	Melque Aires (PSOL)

Debates

First round

Date	Host	Moderator	Carlos Amastha (PSB)	Kátia Abreu (PDT)	Marcos de Souza (PRTB)	Mário Lúcio Avelar (PSOL)	Marlon Reis (REDE)	Mauro Carlesse (PHS)	Vicentinho Alves (PR)
22 May 2018	TV Jovem Record	Paulo Carneiro	Absent	Present	Absent	Present	Present	Absent	Absent
31 May 2018	TV Anhanguera Palmas Rede Globo	Júlio Mosquera	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Absent	Present

Second round

Date	Host	Moderator	Mauro Carlese (PHS)	Vicentinho Alves (PR)
21 June 2018	TV Anhanguera Palmas Rede Globo	Fábio Castro	Absent	Present

Results

Candidate		Party	Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
					Votes	%	Votes	%
	Mauro Carlesse	PHS	Wanderlei Barbosa	PHS	174,275	30.31	368,553	75.14
	Vicentinho Alves	PR	Divino Bethânia	PROS	127,758	22.22	121,908	24.86
	Carlos Amastha	PSB	Célio Moura	PT	123,103	21.41
	Kátia Abreu	PDT	Marco Antônio Costa	PSD	90,033	15.66
	Márlos Reis	REDE	Edvan de Jesus Silva	REDE	56,952	9.91
	Marcos de Souza	PRTB	Sargento Jenilson	PRTB	2,794	0.49
	Mário Lúcio Avelar	PSOL	Melque Aires	PSOL	0	0.00
Null votes					3,862	–
Invalid/blank votes					136,537	–	172,836	–
Total					711,452	69.86	663,297	65.13
Registered voters/turnout					1,018,329	100	1,018,329	100

Popular vote (first round) Carlesse   30.31% Alves   22.22% Amastha   21.41% Abreu   15.66% Others   10.40%

Popular vote (second round) Carlesse   75.14% Alves   24.86%

References

1. "Gilmar Mendes determina volta de Marcelo Miranda ao governo do Tocantins". G1 (in Portuguese). 6 April 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
2. "Carlesse assume governo e afirma que vai recontratar secretários escolhidos em março". G1 (in Portuguese). 19 April 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2020.