2020 Mato Grosso senatorial special election

2020 Brazilian Senate special election in Mato Grosso
	15 November 2020
	15 November 2020
Senator before election; Carlos Fávaro; PSD	Elected Senator ; Carlos Fávaro; PSD

A special election for the Brazilian Senate in Mato Grosso took place on 15 November 2020,[1] to fill a vacancy in the Federal Senate through the end of the term ending on 1 February 2027, arising from the expelling of Selma Arruda from the higher chamber after a trial in the Superior Electoral Court.[2][3]

History

On 10 December 2019, the Superior Electoral Court considered valid the repeal of senator Selma Arruda term, along with her substitutes, elect in 2018. The former judge was accused of omitting expenses of R$ 1.2 million (US$ 309,174.76, as of 2018) in her electoral campaign to fill one of the two seats available and represent the state of Mato Grosso in the Senate, configuring supposed slush funds and abuse of economic power. It is necessary a burocratic act from the Senate Director Board to fulfill this decision. Selma Arruda still can appeal to the Supreme Federal Court, but the appeal, at first, will not suspend the TSE decision.[4]

After the night of 12 March 2020, all the 12 candidacies were published and registered in the Regional Electoral Court of Mato Grosso.[5]

Senator Selma was officially removed from the Senate on 15 April 2020. The 3rd place of the 2018 Senate election, Cárlos Favaro (PSD), will temporarily take office as Senator.[6] The election was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.[7]

Electoral process

The election will be disputed in an only round, with the most voted declared the winner of the election, regardless the vote percentage.

Candidates

		Party/Coalition
131	Valdir Barranco (PT)	"Defence of Life, Education, Land, Work and Citizenship" PT, PCdoB
191	José Medeiros (PODE)	Podemos (PODE)
200	Reinaldo Morais (PSC)	"Change Mato Grosso" PSC, PRTB
270	Elizeu Nascimento (DC)	"Now It's the Time of the People" DC, PSL
300	Feliciano Azuaga (NOVO)	New Party (NOVO)
456	Nilson Leitão (PSDB)	"Mato Grosso as Whole" PSDB, DEM, PL, PTC
500	Mauro César de Barros (PSOL)	Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL)
511	Rubia Fernanda Siqueira (PATRI)	"My Party is Brazil. Our Mission is Mato Grosso" PATRI, REP
555	Carlos Fávaro (PSD)	"Do More for Mato Grosso" PSD, PP, MDB, PTB, PV
700	Euclides Ribeiro (AVANTE)	"Forward Mato Grosso" AVANTE, PSB, PDT, PROS, REDE
777	Pedro Taques (SD)	"We Are All Mato Grosso" SD, CDN

Opinion polls

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Fávaro PSD	Leitão PSDB	Taques SDD	Barros PSOL	Siqueira PATRI	Medeiros PODE	Nascimento DC	Barranco PT	Ribeiro AVANTE	Morais PSC	Azuaga NOVO	Abst. Undec.	Lead
Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size												Abst. Undec.	Lead
RealTime Big Data/CNN Brasil	7–10 Nov	850	20%	14%	14%	9%	7%	9%	4%	3%	2%	1%	0%	17%	6
RealTime Big Data/CNN Brasil	3–4 Nov	1,050	16%	13%	12%	8%	7%	7%	5%	4%	2%	1%	0%	25%	3%
Ibope	30 Oct–2 Nov	812	13%	13%	13%	9%	8%	7%	5%	4%	2%	1%	0%	24%	Tie
Segmenta/Mega FM	16–20 Oct	1,012	23.17%	14.08%	11.23%	15.33%	13.19%	6.42%	8.02%	3.92%	1.07%	2.50%	0.89%	–	7.84%

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Carlos Fávaro	PSD	369,903	25.99
	Tenente Coronel Rúbia	PATRI	290,548	20.42
	Nilson Leitão	PSDB	156,273	10.98
	José Medeiros	PODE	138,278	9.72
	Valdir Barranco	PT	117,445	8.25
	Procurador Mauro	PSOL	97,385	6.84
	Pedro Taques	SDD	71,107	5.00
	Elizeu Nascimento	DC	66,789	4.69
	Euclides Ribeiro	AVANTE	58,277	4.09
	Reinaldo Morais	PSC	36,041	2.53
	Feliciano Azuaga	NOVO
Invalid/blank votes			26,050	–
Turnout			504,840	77,99
Abstentions			83,236	22.01

References

Richter, André (17 July 2020). "TSE define data de nova eleição para o Senado em Mato Grosso". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 September 2020.
de Souza, André (10 December 2019). "Senadora Selma Arruda tem mandato cassado por TSE" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
Shalders, André (11 December 2019). "Por que a senadora Selma Arruda, a 'Moro de Saias', foi cassada" (in Portuguese). Terra. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
Leitão, Matheus (8 January 2020). "Alcolumbre deve dar prosseguimento à cassação da senadora Selma Arruda após fim do recesso" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
"Eleição ao Senado em MT terá 12 candidatos; veja list" (in Portuguese). G1. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
Melo, Karine (15 April 2020). "Mesa do Senado reconhece perda de mandato de Juíza Selma" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
Vivas, Fernanda; Oliveira, Mariana; D'Agostino, Rosanne (17 March 2020). "TSE adia eleição para escolha do senador substituto de Selma Arruda em Mato Grosso" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 16 April 2020.

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[1] Richter, André (17 July 2020). "TSE define data de nova eleição para o Senado em Mato Grosso". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 September 2020.

[2] Souza, André (10 December 2019). "Senadora Selma Arruda tem mandato cassado por TSE" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[3] Shalders, André (11 December 2019). "Por que a senadora Selma Arruda, a 'Moro de Saias', foi cassada" (in Portuguese). Terra. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[4] Leitão, Matheus (8 January 2020). "Alcolumbre deve dar prosseguimento à cassação da senadora Selma Arruda após fim do recesso" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

[5] "Eleição ao Senado em MT terá 12 candidatos; veja list" (in Portuguese). G1. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[6] Melo, Karine (15 April 2020). "Mesa do Senado reconhece perda de mandato de Juíza Selma" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. Retrieved 16 April 2020.

[7] Vivas, Fernanda; Oliveira, Mariana; D'Agostino, Rosanne (17 March 2020). "TSE adia eleição para escolha do senador substituto de Selma Arruda em Mato Grosso" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 16 April 2020.