2016 São Paulo mayoral election

2016 São Paulo municipal election

October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02)
Mayoral election
Opinion polls
Turnout	78.16%
Candidate João Doria Fernando Haddad Party PSDB PT Alliance Speed Up SP More São Paulo Running mate Bruno Covas Gabriel Chalita Popular vote 3,085,187 967,190 Percentage 53.28% 16.70%
Most voted candidate per electoral zone: Doria:      30-39%      40-49%      50-59%      60-69%      70-79% Marta:      30-39%
Mayor before election Fernando Haddad PT Elected mayor João Doria PSDB
Parliamentary election
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Municipal Chamber PSDB Aurélio Nomura 19.23% 11 +2 PT Senival Moura 15.90% 9 −2 Republicanos Souza Santos 7.88% 4 +2 DEM Sandra Tadeu 5.21% 4 +2 MDB 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.

The 2016 São Paulo municipal election took place in the city of São Paulo on the 2 October 2016. 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.

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). 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		Candidate	Most relevant political office or occupation	Party		Running mate	Coalition	Electoral number
	Brazilian Republican Party (PRB)	Celso Russomanno	Member of the Chamber of Deputies (since 2015)		Brazilian Labour Party (PTB)	Marlene Campos Machado	São Paulo Knows, We Solve It Brazilian Republican Party (PRB) Brazilian Labour Party (PTB) Social Christian Party (PSC) National Ecologic Party (PEN)	10
	Workers' Party (PT)	Fernando Haddad	Mayor of São Paulo (2013–2017)		Democratic Labour Party (PDT)	Gabriel Chalita	More São Paulo Workers' Party (PT) Democratic Labour Party (PDT) Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) Party of the Republic (PR) Republican Party of the Social Order (PROS)	13
	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB)	Marta Suplicy	Senator for São Paulo (2011–2019)		Social Democratic Party (PSD)	Andrea Matarazzo	Union for São Paulo Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) Social Democratic Party (PSD)	15
	United Socialist Workers' Party (PSTU)	Altino Prazes	Former president of São Paulo Metro Workers' Union		United Socialist Workers' Party (PSTU)	Janaína Rodrigues	—	16
	Sustainability Network (REDE)	Ricardo Young	Member of the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo (2013–2017)		Sustainability Network (REDE)	Carlota Mingolla	—	18
	Christian Social Democratic Party (PSDC)	João Bico	Vice President of the Trade Association of São Paulo		Christian Social Democratic Party (PSDC)	Sílvia Cristina	—	27
	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB)	Levy Fidelix	PRTB National President (1994–2021)		Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB)	Jairo Glikson	—	28
	Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB)	João Doria	Businessman and TV presenter		Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB)	Bruno Covas	Speed Up SP Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) Progressive Party (PP) Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) Democrats (DEM) National Labour Party (PTN) Party of National Mobilization (PMN) Popular Socialist Party (PPS) Humanist Party of Solidarity (PHS) Green Party (PV) Social Liberal Party Brazilian Woman's Party (PMB) Progressive Republican Party (PRP) Christian Labour Party (PTC) Labour Party of Brazil (PTdoB)	45
	Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL)	Luiza Erundina	Member of the Chamber of Deputies (since 1999)		Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL)	Ivan Valente	Dreams Can Govern Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) Free Fatherland Party (PPL)	50
	Solidariedade	Sérgio Olímpio	Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2015–2019)		Solidariedade	David Martins	—	77

Debates

2020 São Paulo mayoral election debates
No.	Date	Host and Location	Moderator	Participants
Key:  P  Present  A  Absent  N  Not invited				PSDB	PRB	PT	SD	PSOL
				Doria	Russomanno	Haddad	Olímpio	Erundina
1	Monday, 22 August 2016	Band TV São Paulo, Morumbi	Boris Casoy	P	P	P	P	N
2	Friday, 2 September 2016	RedeTV!, Veja, UOL, Facebook Osasco, Ayrosa	Amanda Klein, Mariana Godoy	P	P	P	P	P
3	Sunday, 18 September 2016	TV Gazeta, O Estado de S. Paulo, Twitter São Paulo, Bela Vista	Maria Lydia Flândoli	P	P	P	P	P
4	Friday, 23 September 2016	SBT, UOL, Folha de S. Paulo Osasco, Industrial Anhanguera	Carlos Nascimento	P	P	P	P	P
5	Sunday, 25 September 2016	RecordTV, Google São Paulo, Barra Funda	Adriana Araújo	P	P	P	P	P
6	Thursday, 29 September 2016	TV Globo São Paulo, Itaim Bibi	César Tralli	P	P	P	P	P

Opinion polls

Polling aggregates

Active candidates

João Doria (PSDB)

Fernando Haddad (PT)

Celso Russomanno (PRB)

Marta Suplicy (PMDB)

Others

Abstentions/Undecided

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		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	João Doria	Bruno Covas	PSDB	3,085,187	53.29
	Fernando Haddad (incumbent)	Gabriel Chalita (PDT)	PT	967,190	16.70
	Celso Russomanno	Marlene Campos Machado (PTB)	PRB	789,986	13.64
	Marta Suplicy	Andrea Matarazzo (PSD)	PMDB	587,220	10.14
	Luiza Erundina	Ivan Valente	PSOL	184,000	3.18
	Sérgio Olímpio	David Martins	SD	116,870	2.02
	Ricardo Young	Carlota Mingola	REDE	25,993	0.45
	Levy Fidelix	Jairo Glikson	PRTB	21,705	0.37
	João Bico	Sílvia Cristina	PSDC	6,006	0.10
	Altino Prazeres	Janaina Rodrigues	PSTU	4,715	0.08
	Henrique Áreas	Tranquillo Moterle	PCO	1,019	0.02
Total				5,789,891	100.00
Valid votes				5,789,891	92.85
Invalid votes				78,379	1.26
Blank votes				367,471	5.89
Total votes				6,235,741	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				8,886,195	70.17
Source: G1

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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	1,032,160	19.23	11	2
	Workers' Party	853,808	15.91	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	3.17	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
	Christian Social Democratic Party	32,347	0.60	0
	Progressive Republican Party	30,869	0.58	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	0.09	0
	Brazilian Woman's Party	5,864	0.11	0	New
	Brazilian Communist Party	2,489	0.05	0
	Workers' Cause Party	827	0.02	0
Total		5,367,399	100.00	55	–
Valid votes		5,367,399	77.29
Invalid votes		908,459	13.08
Blank votes		668,674	9.63
Total votes		6,944,532	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,886,195	78.15
Source: UOL