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Rio de Janeiro

Capital Rio de Janeiro. 17.225.410 people (IBGE 2026), 12.857.648 electors, 92 municipalities. 46 federal deputies, 70 seats in the Assembleia Legislativa, three senators. On 25 October Flavio Bolsonaro won here with 53,1%.

Electors per deputy
279.514
12th fewest of 27 · a vote weighs 1,7× one in São Paulo
Turnout
76,7%
first round · runoff 78,4%
Quociente eleitoral
190.082
Chamber · assembly 121.135

Governor · Governador

Who governs
Rio de Janeiro.

  • In office

    Ricardo Couto

    Until 6 Jan 2027

  • Elected 2026

    Douglas Ruas (PL)

    Won in the first round, 4 Oct · takes office 6 Jan 2027

Governor, first round · 4 Oct · 8.394.627 valid votes
  • Douglas Ruas PL 50,9%
  • Eduardo Paes PSD 44,2%
  • William Siri PSOL 2,8%
  • Coronel Busnello MISSÃO 1,0%
  • André Marinho NOVO 0,5%
  • Juliete UP 0,4%
  • Cyro Garcia PSTU 0,2%
  • Luan Monteiro PCO 0,0%

President · both rounds

The national vote,
here.

9.859.802 voted in the first round (76,7% of electors), 201.979 blank and 288.123 null. Blank and null ballots do not count toward the majority (Constitution art. 77 §2).

First round · 4 Oct · 9.369.700 valid votes
  • Flavio Bolsonaro PL 53,0%
  • Lula PT 39,4%
  • Escritor Augusto Cury AVANTE 2,6%
  • Renan Santos MISSÃO 2,3%
  • Ronaldo Caiado PSD 2,1%
  • Zema NOVO 0,2%
Runoff · 25 Oct · 9.734.426 valid votes
  • Flavio Bolsonaro 5.169.033 53,10%
  • Lula 4.565.393 46,90%

Senate · two seats in 2026

Two senators
elected.

  • Carlos Portinho (PL)

    4.264.932 votes · 26,8%

  • Carlos Jordy (PL)

    3.912.405 votes · 24,6%

Each voter cast two votes; the two most voted won eight-year terms from 1 Feb 2027. Shares are of all valid senate votes.

Senate · most-voted candidates
  • Carlos Portinho PL 26,8%
  • Carlos Jordy PL 24,6%
  • Benedita da Silva PT 20,2%
  • Pedro Paulo PSD 11,9%
  • Monica Benicio PSOL 9,7%
  • Marcelo Crivella REPUBLICANOS 3,4%

Chamber of Deputies · 46 seats · QE 190.082

46 federal
deputies.

8.743.753 valid votes for the Chamber. 37 seats went to lists by quociente partidário and 9 as leftovers. Every step in the seat lab →

PL 15 · PT 6 · PP 5 · PSD 4 · PSDB 4 · PSOL 4 · PC do B 2 · MDB 1 · NOVO 1 · PDT 1 · REPUBLICANOS 1 · SOLIDARIEDADE 1 · UNIÃO 1

Assembleia Legislativa · 70 seats · QE 121.135

The state legislature.

Elected the same day by the same open-list rule: 8.479.421 valid votes, 59 seats by quotient and 11 as leftovers. Seats: three times the state's federal deputies up to 36, then one more per deputy above 12 (Constitution art. 27).

PL 21 · PSD 9 · PT 9 · PP 5 · PSOL 5 · UNIÃO 4 · REPUBLICANOS 3 · MDB 2 · PDT 2 · PSB 2 · SOLIDARIEDADE 2 · AGIR 1 · DC 1 · NOVO 1 · PC do B 1 · PRD 1 · PSDB 1

The 70 elected, by votes

Índia Armelau (PL, 248.504), Márcio Canella (UNIÃO, 197.178), Renata Souza (PSOL, 176.871), Dani Balbi (PC do B, 169.474), Guilherme Delaroli (PL, 166.374), Rosenverg Reis (MDB, 139.866), Elika Takimoto (PT, 135.271), Anderson Moraes (PL, 129.325), Costenaro (NOVO, 121.780), Dra. Gabriela (PL, 96.267), Flavio Serafini (PSOL, 95.666), Felipinho Ravis (PP, 93.606), Alan Lopes (PL, 93.396), João Pires (PSD, 90.195), Verônica Lima (PT, 85.421), Alexandre Isquierdo Malafaia (PL, 83.461), Fernanda Neves (PDT, 83.326), Rafael Nobre (UNIÃO, 76.706), Jair Bittencourt (PL, 73.722), Léo Vieira Filho (PSDB, 72.939), André Ceciliano (PT, 70.628), Nelsinho Ruas (PL, 70.552), Bruno Dauaire (UNIÃO, 69.119), Marina do Mst (PT, 66.167), Rodrigo Medeiros (PL, 65.530), André Correa (PSD, 65.188), Carlinhos Bnh (PP, 61.724), Felipe Pampolha (PP, 61.589), Jorge Felippe Neto (PL, 58.508), Delegado Carlos Augusto (PL, 58.142), Marcelo Dino (PL, 57.982), Librelon (REPUBLICANOS, 57.409), Dr. Pedro Ricardo (PL, 57.354), Delegado Bernardo Leal (PP, 57.254), Claudio Caiado (PSD, 56.936), Gustavo Tutuca (PP, 56.334), Renato Miranda (PL, 56.329), Dani Monteiro (PSOL, 55.227), Guilherme Schleder (PSD, 54.760), Munir Neto (SOLIDARIEDADE, 52.808), Julio Rocha (AGIR, 51.609), Allyson Elias (PT, 51.145), Márcio Gualberto (PL, 50.804), Chico Machado (PL, 50.664), Vinícius Cozzolino (PSD, 49.353), Leandro (REPUBLICANOS, 49.013), Tia Ju (REPUBLICANOS, 47.302), Coronel Menezes (PL, 46.700), Rafael Picciani (UNIÃO, 46.686), Giovani Ratinho (MDB, 46.380), Luciana Boiteux (PSOL, 44.928), Leonel de Esquerda (PT, 44.597), Giselle Monteiro (PL, 44.532), Luiz Paulo (PSD, 43.720), Serginho (PDT, 43.664), Ana Paula Mendes (PSD, 43.356), Yuri Moura (PSOL, 43.336), Zeidan (PT, 43.115), Poubel Filho (PL, 42.871), Daniel Marques (PL, 42.768), Adilson Pires (PT, 42.467), Felipe Tropa (PL, 41.293), Carla Machado (PSD, 39.208), Vantoil Martins (PSB, 39.179), Soldado Tobias (PRD, 37.969), Joyce Trindade (PSD, 37.088), Arthur Monteiro (SOLIDARIEDADE, 35.844), Jari (PSB, 34.199), Raone Ferreira (PT, 28.377), Carlos Russo (DC, 27.447)

Photo credits · 38 photos Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY 4.0 (5 portraits) · Ricardo Couto — Ricardo Stuckert/PR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Douglas Ruas — TV ALERJ, CC BY 3.0 · Eduardo da Costa Paes — Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY 3.0 br · Cyro Garcia — PSTU Rio de Janeiro, CC BY 3.0 · Carlos Francisco Portinho — Agência Senado from Brasilia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0 · Carlos Roberto Coelho de Mattos Júnior — Allienne, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Benedita Souza da Silva Sampaio — Bruno Spada/Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · Pedro Paulo Carvalho Teixeira — Lula Oficial, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Monica Tereza Azeredo Benicio — GUE/NGL, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Marcelo Bezerra Crivella — Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro, CC BY 3.0 br · Dr. Luizinho — Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil, CC BY 3.0 · Rick Azevedo — Portal de Divulgação de Candidaturas e Contas Eleitorais do TSE, CC BY 4.0 · Luciano Vieira — Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · Freixo — Web Summit Rio, CC BY 2.0 · Sóstenes Cavalcante — Acácio Pinheiro/MinC, CC BY 2.0 · General Pazuello — Palácio do Planalto, CC BY 2.0 · Gutemberg Reis — Camara dos Deputados do Brasil, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dani Cunha — Pablo Valadares / Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · Daniel Soranz — Sam34iwy, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Glauber Braga — David Ribeiro, Attribution · Renato Cozzolino — Portal de Dados Abertos do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral do Brasil (TSE), CC BY 4.0 · Chris Tonietto — Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · Wladimir Garotinho — Portal de Dados Abertos do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral do Brasil (TSE), CC BY 4.0 · Luiz Lima — Agência Brasil Fotografias, CC BY 2.0 · Pastor Henrique Vieira — Agência Senado, CC BY 2.0 · Jandira Feghali — Agência Senado from Brasilia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0 · Diego Quaqua — Portal de Dados Abertos do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral do Brasil (TSE), CC BY 4.0 · Thiago Gagliasso — bahianoticias, CC BY 2.0 · Nísia Trindade — Marcelo Freixo, CC BY 4.0 · Marcelo Queiroz — Pablo Valadares/Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · Bebeto — Câmara Municipal de São João de Meriti, CC BY-SA 4.0 . Others public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.