2020 Belo Horizonte mayoral election

2020 Belo Horizonte municipal election
	Mayoral election
	Opinion polls
Turnout	88.88%
	Alexandre Kalil
Mayor before election; Alexandre Kalil; PSD	Elected mayor ; Alexandre Kalil; PSD
	Parliamentary election
Municipal Chamber

The 2020 Belo Horizonte municipal election took place in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, taking place on 15 November 2020 in a single round. Voters voted to elect the Mayor, the Vice Mayor and 41 city councillors for the administration of the city. The result was a single round victory for incumbent mayor Alexandre Kalil of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), winning 784,307 votes and a share of 63.36% of the popular, defeating state deputy Bruno Engler of the Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB), who took 123,215 votes and a share of 9.95% of the popular vote.

Originally, the elections would occur on 4 October (first round) and 25 October (second round, if necessary). However, with the growing of cases and deaths caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, the dates were delayed.^[1]

Political context and pandemic

The 2020 municipal elections were directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the parties to remodel their campaign strategies. The Superior Electoral Court authorized the parties to do digital conventions, in order to avoid crowds.^[2] Some parties launched their pre-candidacies through digital media. Besides that, from this election, the Constitutional Amendment 97/2017 took force, prohibiting party coalitions in legislative elections (federal, state or municipal).^[3]

Candidates

	Candidate	Most recent political office or occupation		Running mate	Most recent political office or occupation	Coalition	Electoral number
Republicans	Lafayette Andrada	State Deputy from Minas Gerais (since 2019)	Republicans	Marlei Rodrigues	No prior political office	n/a	10
Workers' Party (PT)	Nilmário Miranda	Secretary of Human Rights (2003–2005)	Workers' Party (PT)	Luana de Souza	No prior political office	n/a	13
United Socialist Workers' Party (PSTU)	Wanderson Rocha	No prior political office	United Socialist Workers' Party (PSTU)	Firminia Rodrigues	No prior political office	n/a	16
Cidadania	João Vítor Xavier	State Deputy from Minas Gerais (since 2011)	Democrats (DEM)	Leonardo Bortoletto	No prior political office	True BH Cidadania, DEM, PSB, PL, PMN, PSL, PODE, PSC, PTB	23
Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB)	Bruno Engler	State Deputy of Minas Gerais (since 2019)	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB)	Mauro Quintão^[a]	No prior political office	n/a	28
Workers' Cause Party (PCO)	Marilia Domingues	No prior political office	Workers' Cause Party (PCO)	Silvanio Vilaça	No prior political office	n/a	29
New Party (NOVO)	Rodrigo Paiva	No prior political office	New Party (NOVO)	Patrícia Albergaria	No prior political office	n/a	30
Brazilian Woman's Party (PMB)	Edmar Xavier	No prior political office	Brazilian Woman's Party (PMB)	Paula Maia	No prior political office	n/a	35
Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB)	Luisa Barreto	No prior political office	Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB)	Juvenal Araújo	Acting Minister of Human Rights (2018)	n/a	45
Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL)	Áurea Carolina	Federal Deputy from Minas Gerais (since 2019)	Popular Unity (UP)	Leonardo Péricles	No prior political office	Left-wing Front BH in Movement PSOL, UP, PCB	50
Patriota	Marcelo Souza e Silva	No prior political office	Patriota	Leandro Moreira	No prior political office	n/a	51
Social Democratic Party (PSD)	Alexandre Kalil	Mayor of Belo Horizonte (2017–2022)	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	Fuad Noman	Secretary of Finances (2017–2020)	Courage and Labour PSD, MDB, PV, REDE, Avante, PDT, DC, PP	55
Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB)	Wadson Ribeiro	Federal Deputy from Minas Gerais (2011–2019)	Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB)	Kátia Vergilio	No prior political office	n/a	65
Solidariedade	Wendel de Mesquita	State Deputy of Minas Gerais (since 2019)	Solidariedade	Sandra Bini	No prior political office	n/a	77
Republican Party of the Social Order (PROS)	Fabiano Cazeca	No prior political office	Christian Labour Party (PTC)	Paula Gomes	No prior political office	The Competence BH Needs PROS, PTC	90

Opinion polls

Published after the campaign's start

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Kalil PSD	Xavier Cidadania	Carolina PSOL	Paiva NOVO	Engler PRTB	Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size						Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
2020 election	15 Nov	1,237,764	63.36%	9.22%	8.33%	3.63%	9.95%	9.12%	11.12%	53.41%
Datafolha	10–11 Nov	1,036	63%	8%	5%	2%	4%	6%	14%	55%
Datafolha	10–11 Nov	1,036	55%	8%	5%	1%	3%	6%	25%	50%
Ibope	7–9 Nov	1,001	59%	7%	3%	1%	1%	5%	22%	52%
Datafolha	3–4 Nov	868	65%	7%	6%	1%	4%	8%	14%	58%
Datafolha	3–4 Nov	868	57%	4%	3%	–	2%	5%	29%	53%
Ibope	26–29 Oct	1,001	63%	8%	5%	1%	3%	6%	22%	55%
Datatempo/CP2	26–29 Oct	1,500	63.6%	5.5%	3.0%	1.4%	3.4%	7.0%	16.1%	58.1%
Datatempo/CP2	26–29 Oct	1,500	58.9%	2.7%	1.9%	0.7%	1.9%	3.3%	30.6%	56.2%
Paraná Pesquisas	20–23 Oct	802	59.5%	8.0%	4.6%	2.0%	3.9%	4.9%	16.9%	50.9%
Datafolha	20–21 Oct	868	60%	7%	5%	1%	3%	8%	14%	53%
Datafolha	20–21 Oct	868	49%	3%	3%	–	2%	5%	37%	46%
RealTime BigData	14–17 Oct	1,050	56%	7%	6%	4%	4%	4%	19%	49%
RealTime BigData	14–17 Oct	1,050	47%	2%	2%	2%	1%	1%	45%	45%
Ibope	13–15 Oct	1,001	59%	7%	3%	1%	1%	5%	22%	52%
Datatempo/CP2	12–14 Oct	800	64.8%	4.4%	3.3%	1.2%	1.7%	5.5%	19.4%	60.4%
Datatempo/CP2	12–14 Oct	800	58.4%	1.5%	1.9%	0.5%	1.0%	2.8%	35.2%	56.5%
Datafolha	5–6 Oct	800	56%	6%	3%	2%	3%	9%	20%	50%
Datafolha	5–6 Oct	800	37%	1%	2%	1%	1%	5%	53%	35%
Ibope	30 Sep–2 Oct	805	58%	4%	3%	2%	3%	8%	23%	54%
Ibope	30 Sep–2 Oct	805	43%	1%	2%	–	2%	5%	47%	41%

Published before the campaign's start

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Kalil PSD	Xavier Cidadania	Carolina PSOL	Paiva NOVO	Engler PRTB	Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size						Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
Paraná Pesquisas	25–29 Sep	820	56.5%	6.6%	4.5%	3.0%	2.4%	9.4%	18.1%	49.9%
Paraná Pesquisas	22–25 Jul	820	55.9%	6.5%	4.1%	3.0%	2.1%	7.0%	21.2%	49.4%
Paraná Pesquisas	22–25 Jul	820	56.5%	6.7%	4.4%	3.7%	2.1%	10.6%	21.7%	49.8%

Results

Mayor


Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Alexandre Kalil (incumbent)	Fuad Noman	PSD	784,307	63.36
	Bruno Engler	Mauro Quintão	PRTB	123,215	9.95
	João Vítor Xavier	Leonardo Bortoletto (DEM)	Cidadania	114,130	9.22
	Áurea Carolina	Leonardo Péricles (UP)	PSOL	103,115	8.33
	Rodrigo Paiva	Patricia Albergaria	NOVO	44,977	3.63
	Nilmário Miranda	Luana de Souza	PT	23,331	1.88
	Luisa Barreto	Juvenal Araújo	PSDB	17,161	1.39
	Wendel Mesquita	Sandra Bini	Solidariedade	9,266	0.75
	Lafayette de Andrada	Marlei Rodrigues	Republicanos	7,327	0.59
	Marcelo Souza e Silva	Leandro Moreira	Patriota	4,105	0.33
	Fabiano Cazeca	Paula Gomes (PTC)	PROS	2,517	0.20
	Wadson Ribeiro	Kátia Vergilio	PCdoB	2,211	0.18
	Wanderson Rocha	Firminia Rodrigues	PSTU	907	0.07
	Edmar Xavier	Paula Maia	PMB	865	0.07
	Marilia Rodrigues	Adilson Rosa	PCO	330	0.03
Total				1,237,764	100.00

Valid votes				1,237,764	88.88
Invalid votes				95,575	6.86
Blank votes				59,212	4.25
Total votes				1,392,551	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,943,184	71.66
Source: G1

Popular vote

Kalil			63.36%
Engler			9.95%
Xavier			9.22%
Carolina			8.33%
Others			9.12%

Municipal Chamber


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	133,874	11.54	6	4
	Progressistas	78,012	6.72	4	3
	Democratic Labour Party	74,554	6.43	3	3
	Avante	61,674	5.32	3	1
	New Party	60,575	5.22	3	2
	Socialism and Liberty Party	51,814	4.47	2
	Sustainability Network	51,519	4.44	1	1
	Solidariedade	46,958	4.05	0
	Workers' Party	46,220	3.98	2
	Patriota	44,728	3.86	2	2
	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party	42,202	3.64	1	1
	Cidadania	41,006	3.53	2	2
	Republican Party of the Social Order	38,569	3.32	1
	Democrats	38,440	3.31	1
	Christian Labour Party	34,768	3.00	1
	Brazilian Labour Party	33,931	2.92	1
	Podemos	33,523	2.89	1	7
	Party of National Mobilization	32,925	2.84	1	2
	Social Liberal Party	25,832	2.23	1
	Social Christian Party	25,305	2.18	1
	Liberal Party	22,424	1.93	1
	Brazilian Democratic Movement	21,724	1.87	1	1
	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	21,404	1.84	1	1
	Republicanos	20,642	1.78	1	1
	Brazilian Socialist Party	19,108	1.65	0	3
	Christian Democracy	18,467	1.59	0
	Communist Party of Brazil	17,138	1.48	0	1
	Green Party	14,289	1.23	0
	Popular Unity	5,203	0.45	0	New
	United Socialist Workers' Party	1,675	0.14	0
	Brazilian Communist Party	1,449	0.12	0
	Workers' Cause Party	193	0.02	0
Total		1,160,145	100.00	41	–

Valid votes		1,160,145	83.82
Invalid votes		113,306	8.19
Blank votes		110,705	8.00
Total votes		1,384,156	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,943,184	71.23
Source: G1

Notes

^ Quintão replaced Colonel Cláudia Romualdo (PRTB) after her candidacy for Vice Mayor was rejected by the Regional Electoral Court.^[4]

References

^ Mazieiro, Guilherme (1 July 2020). "Câmara aprova o adiamento das eleições 2020 para novembro". UOL Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^ Pontes, Felipe (4 June 2020). "TSE autoriza convenções partidárias virtuais para eleição desse ano". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ Garcia, Gustavo (4 October 2017). "Congresso promulga emenda que extingue coligações em 2020 e cria cláusula de barreira". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ "Justiça Eleitoral rejeita chapa de Bruno Engler com Coronel Cláudia para a disputa da Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte". G1 (in Portuguese). 30 September 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[5] Quintão replaced Colonel Cláudia Romualdo (PRTB) after her candidacy for Vice Mayor was rejected by the Regional Electoral Court.^[4]

[1] Mazieiro, Guilherme (1 July 2020). "Câmara aprova o adiamento das eleições 2020 para novembro". UOL Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 July 2022.

[2] Pontes, Felipe (4 June 2020). "TSE autoriza convenções partidárias virtuais para eleição desse ano". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[3] Garcia, Gustavo (4 October 2017). "Congresso promulga emenda que extingue coligações em 2020 e cria cláusula de barreira". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[4] "Justiça Eleitoral rejeita chapa de Bruno Engler com Coronel Cláudia para a disputa da Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte". G1 (in Portuguese). 30 September 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

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