2022 Alagoas state elections

The 2022 Alagoas state elections were held on October 2 (first round, for all positions) and October 30 (second round, for governor), as part of the general elections in Brazil. Eligible voters elected the governor and vice governor of the state and one senator with two alternates, as well as nine federal deputies and 27 state deputies. Those elected took office on January 1 (governor and vice governor) or February 1 (senator and deputies) 2023 for four-year terms (except in the case of the senator, who will serve an eight-year term).^[1]

2022 Alagoas state election

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Registered	2,302,905
Turnout	77.61% (first round) 76.73% (second round)
Gubernatorial election
Candidate Paulo Dantas Rodrigo Cunha Party MDB Union Brazil Home state Maceió, Alagoas Arapiraca, Alagoas Running mate Ronaldo Lessa (PDT) Jó Pereira (PSDB) Popular vote 834,278 759,984 Percentage 52.33% 47.67%
Candidate with the most votes per municipality in the 2nd round (102):      Paulo Dantas: 50%–59% (21)      Paulo Dantas: 60%–69% (26)      Paulo Dantas: 70%–79% (26)      Paulo Dantas: 80%–89% (8)      Paulo Dantas: 90%–100% (Pariconha)      Rodrigo Cunha: 50%–59% (13)      Rodrigo Cunha: 60%–69% (7)
Governor before election Paulo Dantas MDB Elected Governor Paulo Dantas MDB

2022 Alagoas senatorial election

← 2014 2 October 2022 (2022-10-02) 2030 →
Registered	2,302,905
Turnout	77.61%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Candidate Renan Filho Davi Davino Filho [pt] Mario Agra Party MDB PP PSOL Popular vote 845,988 627,397 12,768 Percentage 56.92% 42.22% 0.86%
Senator before election Fernando Collor de Mello PTB Elected Senator Renan Filho MDB

The governor and deputy governors elected in this election will serve a slightly longer term. This is due to Constitutional Amendment No. 111, which amended the Constitution and stipulated that the term of office for state governors and the Federal District governor shall begin on January 6 after the election. However, the candidates elected in this election will take office on January 1, 2023, and leave office on January 6, 2027.^[2]

The current governor of the state is Paulo Dantas, indirectly elected by the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas for a temporary term ending on May 15, 2022.^[3] The position became vacant after Renan Filho resigned to run for the Federal Senate and the state had no deputy governor, since Luciano Barbosa [pt] had resigned to take office as mayor of Arapiraca in 2021.^[4][5] In addition, the president of the Legislative Assembly, Marcelo Victor, who should have assumed the line of succession, abstained because assuming the executive office would prevent him from being re-elected as a representative in the 2022 elections.^[6] Klever Loureiro, president of the Court of Justice of Alagoas [pt], took office as interim governor between Renan Filho's resignation and the indirect election of Paulo Dantas.^[7][8]

For the Federal Senate election, the seat held by Fernando Collor de Mello, of the Brazilian Labour Party (PTB), who was re-elected in 2014, was up for grabs.^[9]

Electoral calendar

The information was released by the Regional Electoral Court of Alagoas (TRE-AL):^[10][11]

Electoral calendar
May 15	Start of crowdfunding for pre-candidates
July 20 to August 5	Party conventions for the selection of candidates and coalitions
October 2	First round of elections
October 7 to 28	Free electoral advertising on radio and television for a possible second round
October 30	Possible second round of elections
December 16[11]	Certification of the elected by the Electoral Court

Candidates for governor of Alagoas

Confirmed applications

Party conventions began on July 20 and continued until August 5. The following political parties confirmed their candidates.^[12] Political parties had until August 15, 2022, to formally register their candidates.^[13][14]

Candidates for Governor of Alagoas

Image	Governor		Previous Political Office	Vice-Governor		Coalition/ Federation	Electoral Number	Broadcast Time
	Candidate	Party		Candidate	Party
	Bombeiro Luciano Fontes[15]	PMB	No prior political office	Rogers Tenório[16]	PMB	No coalition	35	No radio or TV time
	Fernando Collor[17]	PTB	Senator from Alagoas (2007–2023)	Leonardo Dias[18]	PL	Green and Yellow Alagoas PTB, PL, Act	14	1min
	Luciano Almeida[19]	PRTB	No prior political office	Sargento Walderlan[20]	PRTB	Alagoas Moves Forward PRTB, PROS	28	19s
	Paulo Dantas[21]	MDB	Governor of Alagoas (2022–present)	Ronaldo Lessa[22]	PDT	Alagoas for the Better MDB, PDT, PSC, FE Brasil (PT, PCdoB, PV), Solidarity	15	2min 52s
	Professor Cicero Albuquerque[23]	PSOL	No prior political office	Eliane Silva[24]	PSOL	Fed. PSOL REDE	50	22s
	Rodrigo Cunha[25]	UNIÃO	Senator from Alagoas (2019–present)	Jó Pereira[26]	PSDB	Alagoas Deserves More UNIÃO, Fed. PSDB Citizenship, PP, PODE, PSB	44	3min 49s
	Rui Palmeira [pt][27]	PSD	Mayor of Maceió (2013–2020)	Arthur Albuquerque[28]	Republicanos	Forward Alagoas PSD, Republicanos, Patriota	55	1min 35s

Candidates for the Federal Senate

Party conventions began on July 20 and will continue until August 5. The following political parties have already confirmed their candidates.^[29][30][31] Political parties had until August 15, 2022, to formally register their candidates.^[13]

Note: The following table is organized alphabetically by candidates, according to the name registered with the Electoral Court.

Candidates for Senator of Alagoas

Image	Senator		Previous Political Office	Alternates		Coalition/ Federation	Electoral Number	Broadcast Time
	Candidate	Party		Candidate	Party
	Bombeira Suzana Souza[32]	PMB	No prior political office	1st Alternate: Eudes Emidio[32]	PMB	No coalition	350	No radio or TV time
				2nd Alternate: Floripes Orestes[32]
	Coronel do Valle[33]	PROS	No prior political office	1st Alternate: Janaína Lins[33]	PROS	Alagoas Moves Forward PRTB, PROS	900	13s
				2nd Alternate: Maria Do Valle[33]
	Davi Davino Filho [pt][34]	PP	State Deputy from Alagoas (2015–present)	1st Alternate: Gilda Caldas[35]	PP	Alagoas Deserves More UNIÃO, Fed. PSDB Citizenship, PP, PODE, PSB	111	1min 56s
				2nd Alternate: Gunnar Nicácio[36]	UNIÃO
	Mário Agra[37]	PSOL	No prior political office	1st Alternate: Junior[37]	PSOL	Fed. PSOL REDE	500	15s
				2nd Alternate: Elizabete Rai[37]
	Renan Filho[38]	MDB	Governor of Alagoas (2015–2022)	1st Alternate: Fernando Farias[39]	MDB	Alagoas for the Better MDB, PDT, PSC, FE Brasil (PT, PCdoB, PV), Solidarity	151	2min 56s
				2nd Alternate: Adélia Maria[39]	PV

Debates

The following table lists the debates held among the candidates. Attendance is marked as "Present," "Invited," or "Absent."

Date	Organizer	Moderator	Collor (PTB)	Almeida (PRTB)	Cunha (UNIÃO)	Dantas (MDB)	Albuquerque (PSOL)	Palmeira (PSD)
August 30, 2022	Portal 7Segundos	Luciano Amorim[40]	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
September 5, 2022	TV Mar	Wyderlan Araújo[41]	Present	Present	Invited	Invited	Present	Present
September 24, 2022	TV Pajuçara	Mariana Godoy [pt][42]	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
September 27, 2022	TV Gazeta de Alagoas	Fabio Turci [pt][43]	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
September 29, 2022	TV Ponta Verde	Darlisson Dutra[44]	Absent	Present	Present	Absent	Present	Present

Opinion polls

Governor

First round

The following table lists opinion polls conducted for the first round of the 2022 Alagoas gubernatorial election. Results are shown for each candidate, with "Abstentions/Undecided" and "Others" as separate columns. The "Margin" column indicates the lead of the first-placed candidate over the second-placed candidate.

Pollster	Dates conducted	Sample size	Dantas MDB	Collor PTB	Cunha UNIÃO	Palmeira [pt] PSD	Albuquerque PSOL	Others	Abstentions/ Undecided	Margin
Ipec[45]	September 28–30, 2022	800	41%	12%	21%	14%	1%	1%[a]	10%	20%
Fundepes[46]	September 23–26, 2022	1,311	38.7%	14.6%	17.7%	8.9%	1.3%	—	18.4%	21%
Ibrape/Cadaminuto[47]	September 21–24, 2022	1,992	38%	13%	24%	9%	—	—	16%	14%
Instituto DataSensus[48]	September 21–22, 2022	5,109	37%	13%	21%	10%	—	2%[b]	17%	16%
Ipec[49]	September 16–18, 2022	800	30%	20%	20%	11%	1%	1%[c]	17%	10%
Ibrape/Cadaminuto[50]	September 11–14, 2022	1,992	36%	17%	20%	9%	—	—	18%	16%
Paraná Pesquisas[51]	September 10–14, 2022	1,510	30%	18.9%	20.8%	12%	1.7%	1.7%[d]	14.9%	9.2%
Result[52]	September 7–11, 2022	1,067	23.1%	15.5%	16.2%	17.2%	0.8%	—	27.2%	5.9%
Instituto DataSensus[53]	September 9–10, 2022	5,062	33%	15%	21%	10%	1%	1%[e]	19%	12%
Ibrape/Cadaminuto[54]	September 2–5, 2022	1,992	35%	19%	19%	8%	—	—	19%	16%
Ipec[55]	August 29–31, 2022	800	24%	17%	21%	15%	1%	2%[f]	21%	3%
Instituto DataSensus[56]	August 26–28, 2022	5,040	29.5%	18.7%	17.8%	10.1%	1%	1%[g]	21.8%	10.8%
Ibrape/Cadaminuto[57]	August 21–25, 2022	1,992	34%	24%	14%	7%	—	—	21%	10%
Fundepes[58]	August 21–23, 2022	1,311	34.5%	22.98%	13.53%	7.56%	—	—	21.39%	11.52%
Paraná Pesquisas[59]	August 11–15, 2022	1,510	25.1%	22.6%	18.1%	13.6%	1.6%	1.4%[h]	17.7%	2.5%
Instituto DataSensus[60]	August 12–13, 2022	5,072	28%	19%	14.6%	10%	1.2%	—	25.2%	9%
Fundepes[61]	August 1–5, 2022	1,311	29.9%	20.3%	13.5%	7.2%	—	—	30%	9.6%
Instituto DataSensus[62]	July 29–30, 2022	5,032	30.7%	18.6%	15.5%	12%	1.5%	—	21.7%	12.1%

Senate

The following table lists opinion polls conducted for the 2022 Alagoas Senate election. Results are shown for each candidate, with "Abstentions/Undecided" as a separate column. The "Margin" column indicates the lead of the first-placed candidate over the second-placed candidate.

Pollster	Dates conducted	Sample size	Renan MDB	Davino [pt] PP	Valle PROS	Agra PSOL	Souza PMB	Abstentions/ Undecided	Margin
Ipec[63]	September 28–30, 2022	800	57%	25%	3%	1%	2%	12%	32%
Fundepes[46]	September 23–26, 2022	1,311	48.3%	23.9%	2.3%	—	—	25.2%	24.4%
Ibrape/Cadaminuto[47]	September 21–24, 2022	1,992	56%	26%	1%	—	—	17%	30%
Instituto DataSensus[48]	September 21–22, 2022	5,109	51%	24%	2%	1%	4%	18%	27%
Ipec[64]	September 16–18, 2022	800	59%	21%	3%	1%	2%	15%	38%
Ibrape/Cadaminuto[65]	September 11–14, 2022	1,992	55%	24%	2%	1%	0%	20%	31%
Paraná Pesquisas[51]	September 10–14, 2022	1,510	50.3%	24%	4.2%	0.7%	1.5%	19.3%	26.3%
Instituto DataSensus[53]	September 9–10, 2022	5,062	50.3%	21.4%	2.6%	0.9%	3.5%	21.3%	28.9%
Ibrape/Cadaminuto[54]	September 2–5, 2022	1,992	57%	20%	2%	1%	1%	20%	37%
Ipec[66]	August 29–31, 2022	800	56%	17%	4%	1%	1%	21%	39%
Instituto DataSensus[56]	August 26–28, 2022	5,040	51.8%	16.2%	2.8%	1%	5.9%	22.3%	35.6%
Ibrape/Cadaminuto[57]	August 21–25, 2022	1,992	57%	20%	2%	2%	2%	18%	37%
Fundepes[58]	August 21–23, 2022	1,311	56.61%	19.37%	4.35%	—	—	16.52%	37.24%
Paraná Pesquisas[59]	August 11–15, 2022	1,510	50.5%	23.6%	1.6%	1.1%	2.2%	18.9%	26.9%
Instituto DataSensus[67]	August 12–13, 2022	5,072	52.4%	13.7%	3.4%	1.4%	—	26.7%	38.7%
Fundepes[61]	August 1–5, 2022	1,311	56.25%	18.5%	—	1.91%	—	23.35%	37.75%
Instituto DataSensus[62]	July 29–30, 2022	5,032	56.8%	18.5%	—	2.6%	—	22.1%	38.3%

Results

Governor

2022 Alagoas gubernatorial election

Candidate		First round October 2, 2022[68]		Second round October 30, 2022[69]
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Paulo Dantas (MDB)	Ronaldo Lessa (PDT)	708,984	46.64%	834,278	52.33%
Rodrigo Cunha (UNIÃO)	Jó Pereira (PSDB)	407,220	26.79%	759,984	47.67%
Fernando Collor (PTB)	Leonardo Dias (PL)	223,585	14.71%	Did not advance
Rui Palmeira [pt] (PSD)	Arthur Albuquerque (Republicanos)	157,746	10.38%
Cícero Albuquerque (PSOL)	Eliane Silva (PSOL)	17,749	1.17%
Luciano Fontes (PMB)	Rogers Tenório (PMB)	2,737	0.18%
Luciano Almeida (PRTB)	Sargento Walderlan (PRTB)	2,110	0.14%
Valid votes		1,520,131	84.32%	1,594,262	89.44%
Blank votes		88,769	4.92%	47,668	2.68%
Annulled votes		0	0%	140,477	7.88%
Total votes		1,802,791	77.61%	1,812,136	77.15%
Abstentions		520,114	22.39%	536,693	22.85%
Registered voters		2,322,905		2,348,829

Popular vote (first round) Dantas (MDB)   46.64% Cunha (UNIÃO)   26.79% Collor (PTB)   14.71% Palmeira (PSD)   10.38% Albuquerque (PSOL)   1.17% Fontes (PMB)   0.18% Almeida (PRTB)   0.14%

Popular vote (second round) Dantas (MDB)   52.33% Cunha (UNIÃO)   47.67%

Senate

Suzana Souza's (PMB) candidacy was rejected by the TRE-AL.^[70][71]

2022 Alagoas senatorial election

Candidate		Single round October 2, 2022[72]
		Votes	%
Renan Filho (MDB)	845,988	56.92%
Davi Davino Filho [pt] (PP)	627,397	42.22%
Mário Agra (PSOL)	12,768	0.86%
Valid votes		1,486,153	82.44%
Blank votes		115,519	6.40%
Invalid votes		201,119	11.16%
Annulled votes		0	0.00%
Total votes		1,802,791	77.61%
Abstentions		520,114	22.39%
Registered voters		2,302,905

Popular vote Renan (MDB)   56.92% Davino (PP)   42.22% Agra (PSOL)   0.86%

Federal deputies

These are the nine federal deputies elected by the state of Alagoas:^[73][74]

Elected representation
PP: 4
MDB: 2
FE Brasil: 2
UNIÃO: 1

Elected federal deputies from Alagoas, 2022

Candidate	%	Votes	Hometown
Arthur Lira (PP)	13.26%	219,452	Maceió, Alagoas
Alfredo Gaspar [pt] (UNIÃO)	6.17%	102,039	Maceió, Alagoas
Luciano Amaral (PV)	6.13%	101,508	Maceió, Alagoas
Marx Beltrão (PP)	5.35%	88,512	Maceió, Alagoas
Isnaldo Bulhões (MDB)	5.07%	83,965	Maceió, Alagoas
Paulão do PT [pt] (PT)	3.98%	65,814	Recife, Pernambuco
Daniel Barbosa (PP)	3.83%	63,385	Maceió, Alagoas
Delegado Fábio Costa [pt](PP)	3.67%	60,767	Recife, Pernambuco
Rafael Brito (MDB)	3.51%	58,134	Maceió, Alagoas

States deputies

These are the twenty-seven representatives elected to take up a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas.^[75] Of the twenty-seven parliamentarians elected, only five were women.^[76]

Elected representation
MDB: 14
PP: 4
UNIÃO: 3
FE Brasil: 2
Republicans: 2
PL: 1
Avante: 1

Elected state deputies from Alagoas, 2022

Candidate	Party	Votes
Alexandre Ayres [pt]	MDB	61,142
Cabo Bebeto [pt]	PL	51,721
Marcelo Victor	MDB	51,259
Flávia Cavalcante [pt]	MDB	50,902
Cibele Moura [pt]	MDB	46,120
Fernando Pereira [pt]	PP	45,509
Carla Dantas [pt]	MDB	44,477
Ricardo Nezinho [pt]	MDB	43,797
Dr. Wanderley [pt]	MDB	43,512
Antonio Albuquerque [pt]	Republicans	41,748
Fátima Canuto [pt]	MDB	41,319
Remi Calheiros [pt]	MDB	39,947
Bruno Toledo [pt]	MDB	38,070
Delegado Leonam [pt]	UNIÃO	37,805
Ronaldo Medeiros [pt]	PT	35,883
Dudu Ronalsa [pt]	MDB	35,792
Rose Davino [pt]	PP	34,343
Inácio Loiola [pt]	MDB	33,270
Francisco Tenório [pt]	PP	32,644
Breno Albuquerque [pt]	MDB	32,159
Gilvan Filho [pt]	MDB	32,035
Lelo Maia [pt]	UNIÃO	31,706
Andre Silva [pt]	Republicans	31,036
Gabi Gonçalves	PP	29,336
Mesaque Padilha [pt]	UNIÃO	29,102
Marcos Barbosa [pt]	Avante	20,761
Silvio Camelo [pt]	PV	19,714