2014 Tocantins gubernatorial election

The Tocantins gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next governor of the state of Tocantins, Brazil. If no candidate had received more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election would have been held on 26 October.[1] Governor Sandoval Cardoso ran for his first full term after becoming governor in 2014, but lost to former Governor Marcelo Miranda in the first round.[2]

2014 Tocantins gubernatorial election

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NomineeMarcelo MirandaSandoval CardosoAtaídes Oliveira
PartyMDBSolidarityPROS
Running mateCláudia LelisAngelo AgnolinCinthia Ribeiro
Popular vote360,640314,39224,874
Percentage51.30%44.72%3.54%


Governor before election

Sandoval Cardoso
Solidarity

Elected Governor

Marcelo Miranda
MDB

Candidates

Coalitions

Opinion polling

Results

Tocantins gubernatorial election, 2014[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MDBMarcelo Miranda360,64051.30%
SolidaritySandoval Cardoso (inc.)314,39244.72%
PROSAtaídes Oliveira24,8743.54%
PCBPotengy1,8730.27%
PSOLEula Angelim1,2340.18%
Majority46,2486.58%
MDB gain from SolidaritySwing

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