2022 Paraná gubernatorial election

The 2022 Paraná state election took place in the state of Paraná, Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters elected a Governor, Vice Governor, one Senator, 30 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 54 Legislative Assembly members. The incumbent Governor, Ratinho Júnior, of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), was reelected in the first round with 69.64% of the votes.^[1][2]

2022 Paraná state election

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Opinion polls
Turnout	80.50%
Gubernatorial election
Candidate Ratinho Júnior Roberto Requião Party PSD Workers' Party Alliance The change doesn't stop, Forward Paraná! Brazil of Hope Running mate Darci Piana Jorge Samek Popular vote 4,243,292 1,598,204 Percentage 69.64% 26.23%
Most voted candidate in each municipality (399):   Ratinho Jr. (380)   Requião (19)
Governor before election Ratinho Júnior PSD Elected Governor Ratinho Júnior PSD
Parliamentary election
All 54 seats of the Legislative Assembly
Party Vote % Seats +/– PSD 15 +10 UNIÃO 8 +8 PP 6 +1 REP 5 −1 PL 5 +3 PT 5 +1 PSDB 3 −5 PROS 2 0 MDB 2 0 DC 1 −1 Cidadania 1 −2 PDT 1 −2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senatorial election
2 October 2022 (2022-10-02) (one-only round)
Opinion polls
Candidate Sergio Moro Paulo Martins Alvaro Dias Party Brazil Union PL PODE Alliance For the love of Paraná Popular vote 1,953,188 1,697,962 1,396,089 Percentage 33.50% 29.12% 25.24%
Most voted candidate in each municipality (399):   Paulo Martins (148)   Alvaro Dias (138)   Sergio Moro (95)   Aline Sleutjes (13)   Rosane Ferreira (5)
Senator before election Alvaro Dias PODE Elected Senator Sergio Moro Brazil Union

For the election to the Federal Senate, the seat occupied by Alvaro Dias (PODE), who was elected in 2014 by the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), was at dispute. He was able to run for reelection but was defeated by Sergio Moro, the former Minister of Justice and Public Security of Brazil.^[3]

Under the Constitution of Brazil, the governor will be elected for a four-year term starting 1 January 2023.^[4] Due to the approval of Constitutional Amendment No. 111, the term will end on 6 January 2027.^[5]

Electoral calendar

Note: This section only presents the main dates of the 2022 electoral calendar, check the TSE official website (in Portuguese) and other official sources for detailed information.

Electoral calendar
May 15	Start of crowdfunding of candidates
July 20 to August 5	Party conventions for choosing candidates and coalitions
August 16 to September 30	Period of exhibition of free electoral propaganda on radio, television and on the internet related to the first round
October 2	First round of 2022 elections
October 7 to October 28	Period of exhibition of free electoral propaganda on radio, television and on the internet related to a possible second round
October 30	Possible second round of 2022 elections
until December 19	Delivery of electoral diplomas for those who were elected in the 2022 elections by the Brazilian Election Justice

Gubernatorial candidates

The party conventions began on July 20 and will continue until August 5. The following political parties have already confirmed their candidacies. Political parties have until August 15, 2022, to formally register their candidates.^[6]

Confirmed candidates

Party		Candidate	Most recent political office or occupation	Party		Running mate	Most recent political office or occupation	Coalition	Electoral number	Ref.
	Workers' Party (PT)	Roberto Requião	Senator for Paraná (2011–2019)		Workers' Party (PT)	Jorge Samek	Brazilian Director-General of Itaipu Dam (2003–2016)[7]	Brazil of Hope Federation (PT, PCdoB and PV)[8]	13	[9]
	Christian Democracy (DC)	Joni Correia	Teacher, entrepreneur and president of the Christian Democracy party in the state of Paraná.		Christian Democracy (DC)	Gledson Zawadzki	Businessperson[10]	None.	27	[11]
	Workers' Cause Party (PCO)	Adriano Vieira	Unspecified.		Workers' Cause Party (PCO)	Cristiano Kusbic	Journalist.	None.	29	[12]
	United Socialist Workers' Party (PSTU)	Ivan Bernardo	Teacher.		United Socialist Workers' Party (PSTU)	Phill Natal	Journalist and biologist.	None.	16	[13]
	Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL)	Angela Machado	Teacher.		Sustainability Network (REDE)	Sergio Nakatani	Lawyer.[14]	PSOL REDE Federation (PSOL and REDE)[15]	50	[16]
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	Ratinho Júnior	Governor of Paraná (since 2019)		Social Democratic Party (PSD)	Darci Piana	Vice Governor of Paraná (since 2019)	Always forward (PSDB and Cidadania)[17] Progressistas (PP)[18] Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB)[19] Solidariedade[20] Republican Party of the Social Order (PROS)[21] Social Democratic Party (PSD) Republicans[22] Brazil Union (UNIÃO)[23] Brazilian Labour Party (PTB)[24] Liberal Party (PL)[25]	55	[26]
	Democratic Labour Party (PDT)	Ricardo Gomyde	Councillor of Curitiba (2002–2003)		Democratic Labour Party (PDT)	Eliza Ferreira	Lawyer.	Democratic Labour Party (PDT)	12	[27][28]
	Party of National Mobilization (PMN)	Solange Bueno	Music teacher.		Party of National Mobilization (PMN)	Osni Minotto[29]	Lawyer.	Party of National Mobilization (PMN)	33	[30]
	Brazilian Communist Party (PCB)	Vivi Motta	Psychologist and sociologist.		Brazilian Communist Party (PCB)	Diego Valdez	Educational agent in the state of Paraná.	None.	21	[31]

Withdrawn candidates

• Zé Boni (AGIR) - Boni withdrew his candidacy for the state government to run for the Chamber of Deputies.^[32]
• Filipe Barros (PL) - Federal Deputy for Paraná (since 2019). His name was withdrawn by the party that decided to join Ratinho Júnior's coalition. For this reason, Filipe will run for re-election in the Chamber of Deputies.

• 
  Federal Deputy for Paraná
  Filipe Barros
  (since 2019)

Rejected candidacies

• César Silvestri Filho (PSDB) - Mayor of Guarapuava (2013–2021). Silvestri's name was not approved at the PSDB Cidadania Federation convention that would define his candidacy for the Government of Paraná, and for this reason, the former mayor ended up having his candidacy withdrawn. The federation nominated him to run for the Federal Senate seat instead.^[33]

• 
  Mayor of Guarapuava
  César Silvestri Filho (PSDB)
  (2013–2021)

Senatorial candidates

The party conventions began on July 20 and will continue until August 5. The following political parties have already confirmed their candidacies. Political parties have until August 15, 2022, to formally register their candidates.^[6]

Confirmed candidates

Party		Candidate	Most relevant political office or occupation	Party		Candidates for Alternate Senators	Coalition	Electoral number	Refs.
	Brazil Union (UNIÃO)	Sergio Moro	Minister of Justice and Public Security (2019–2020)		Brazil Union (UNIÃO)	1st alternate senator: Luís Felipe Cunha	—	444	[34]
						2nd alternate senator: Ricardo Guerra
	Liberal Party (PL)	Paulo Martins	Federal Deputy from Paraná (since 2019)		Liberal Party (PL)	1st alternate senator: Franciane Micheletto	—	222	[35]
						2nd alternate senator: Juarez Bertê
	Podemos (PODE)	Alvaro Dias	Senator for Paraná (since 1999)		Podemos (PODE)	1st alternate senator: Wilson Matos Filho	For the Love of Paraná Podemos (PODE) Always forward (PSDB and Cidadania) Patriota Social Christian Party (PSC) Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB)	190	[35]
						2nd alternate senator: Rolf Koerner
	Republican Party of the Social Order (PROS)	Aline Sleutjes	Federal Deputy from Paraná (since 2019)		Republican Party of the Social Order (PROS)	1st alternate senator: Ademar Pereira	—	900	[35]
						2nd alternate senator: Fábio Amaral
	Green Party (PV)	Rosane Ferreira	Federal Deputy from Paraná (2011–2015)		Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB)	1st alternate senator: Elza Campos	Brazil of Hope Federation (PT, PCdoB and PV)[8]	433
					Workers' Party (PT)	2nd alternate senator: Professora Marlei

Legislative Assembly

The result of the last state election and the current situation in the Legislative Assembly of Paraná is given below:

Affiliation		Members		+/–
		Elected[36]	Current[37]
	PSD	6	15	9
	UNIÃO	New	8	8
	PP	3	6	3
	Republicanos	1	5	4
	PL	2	5	3
	PT	4	5	1
	PSDB	3	3
	PROS	2	2
	MDB	2	2
	DC	0	1	1
	Cidadania	3	1	2
	PDT	2	1	1
	PRTB	1	0	1
	PTB	1	0	1
	PMN	1	0	1
	PPL	1	0	1
	PODE	1	0	1
	PV	2	0	2
	DEM	2	0	2
	PSC	4	0	4
	PSB	5	0	5
	PSL	8	0	8
Total		54		–

Opinion polls

Governor

First round

Political parties have until August 15, 2022, to formally register their candidates.^[38]

2021–2022

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Ratinho Jr. PSD	Requião PT	Arns PODE	Machado PSOL	Zé Boni AGIR	Gomyde PDT	Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
20 Jul 2022	César Silvestri Filho's candidacy for the government of Paraná is withdrawn by the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) and the party decides to launch his candidacy to the Federal Senate.
Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Ratinho Jr. PSD	Requião PT	Arns PODE	Silvestri Filho PSDB	Machado PSOL	Zé Boni AGIR	Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
Real Time Big Data	19–20 Jul 2022	1.500	43%	16%	6%	2%	1%	0%	[a]	32%	27%
Instituto IRG	29 Jun–3 Jul 2022	1.500	46.4%	19.6%	4.6%	2.9%	0.9%	0.7%	12.9%[b]	12%	26.8%
			56.5%	23.5%	–	5.8%	–	–	–	14.3%	33%
Real Time Big Data	24–25 Jun 2022	1.500	42%	16%	5%	3%	1%	–	[c]	33%	26%
			44%	16%	–	4%	1%	–	[d]	35%	28%
Paraná Pesquisas	12–16 Jun 2022	1.540	48.5%	25.2%	–	4.7%	2.7%	1.1%	–	17.8%	23.3%
			49.5%	25.8%	–	6%	–	–	–	18.6%	23.7%
Instituto IRG	14–17 May 2022	1.500	52.8%	20.2%	7.2%	2.7%	1.7%	–	–	15.5%	32.6%
			55.3%	21%	–	3.2%	2.3%	–	–	18.2%	34.3%
Instituto IRG	31 Mar–3 Apr 2022	1.500	53%	21.5%	8.6%	2.9%	1.6%	–	–	12.4%	31.5%
			57.3%	23.7%	–	5.8%	–	–	–	13.2%	33.6%
18 Mar 2022	Requião decides to join the Workers' Party (PT).[39]
Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Ratinho Jr. PSD	Requião Indep.	Arns PODE	Silvestri Filho PSDB	Machado PSOL	Zé Boni AGIR	Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
Radar Inteligência	25 Feb–3 Mar 2022	1.350	50.1%	19.8%	–	3%	–	–	–	27.1%	30.3%
Instituto Opinião	16–20 Dec 2021	1.152	53.3%	21.4%	8.9%	–	–	–	–	16.4%	31.9%
			55.3%	23.3%	–	–	–	–	–	13.2%	32%

Second round

The second round (if necessary) is scheduled to take place on 30 October 2022.^[40]

Ratinho Jr vs. Requião

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Ratinho Jr. PSD	Requião PT	Abst. Undec.	Lead
Instituto IRG	31 Mar–3 Apr 2022	1.500	61.6%	25%	13.3%	36.6%
18 Mar 2022	Requião decides to join the Workers' Party (PT).[41]
Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Ratinho Jr. PSD	Requião Indep.	Abst. Undec.	Lead
Radar Inteligência	25 Feb–3 Mar 2022	1.350	54.9%	22.2%	22.9%	32.7%

Ratinho Jr vs. César Silvestri Filho

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Ratinho Jr. PSD	Silvestri Filho PSDB	Abst. Undec.	Lead
Instituto IRG	31 Mar–3 Apr 2022	1.500	66.4%	12.1%	21%	54.3%
Radar Inteligência	25 Feb–3 Mar 2022	1.350	60%	5.6%	34.4%	54.4%

Senator

2022

Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Moro UNIÃO	Alvaro PODE	Rosinha PT	Paulo PL	Guto PP	Silvestri Filho PSDB	Desiree PDT	Sleutjes PROS	Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
20 Jul 2022	César Silvestri Filho's candidacy for the government of Paraná is withdrawn by the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) and the party decides to launch his candidacy to the Federal Senate.
Pollster/client(s)	Date(s) conducted	Sample size	Moro UNIÃO	Alvaro PODE	Rosinha PT	Paulo PL	Guto PP	Pessuti MDB	Desiree PDT	Sleutjes PROS	Others	Abst. Undec.	Lead
Real Time Big Data	19–20 Jul 2022	1.500	31%	26%	7%	5%	1%	–	1%	2%	1%[e]	26%	5%
Instituto IRG	29 Jun–3 Jul 2022	1.500	22%	32%	6.3%	7%	3.1%	3%	0.2%	3.5%	2.3%[f]	20.5%	10%
IPESPE	29 Jun–1 Jul 2022	1.000	24%	31%	10%	7%	–	–	–	5%	–	23%	7%
			–	45%	10%	8%	4%	–	–	5%	–	28%	35%
Real Time Big Data	24–25 Jun 2022	1.500	30%	23%	7%	6%	1%	–	–	2%	1%[g]	30%	7%
			35%	–	7%	8%	2%	–	–	3%	4%[h]	41%	27%
			41%	–	8%	8%	3%	–	–	3%	4%[i]	33%	33%
Instituto IRG	14–17 May 2022	1.500	–	45%	9.5%	7.1%	4.5%	4.3%	0.7%	2.7%	0.7%[j]	25.5%	35.5%

Results

Governor

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Ratinho Júnior (incumbent)	Darci Piana	PSD	4,243,292	69.76
	Roberto Requião	Jorge Samek	PT	1,598,204	26.28
	Ricardo Gomyde	Eliza Ferreira	PDT	126,945	2.09
	Joni Correia	Gledson Zawadzki	DC	50,729	0.83
	Angela Machado	Sergio Nakatani (REDE)	PSOL	43,176	0.71
	Vivi Motta	Diego Valdez	PCB	13,577	0.22
	Solange Ferreira	Marco Antonio Santos	PMN	10,337
	Ivan Bernardo	Phill Natal	PSTU	4,502	0.07
	Adriano Teixeira	Cristiano Kusbick Poll	PCO	2,096	0.03
Total				6,082,521	100.00
Valid votes				6,082,521	89.38
Invalid votes				393,173	5.78
Blank votes				329,657	4.84
Total votes				6,805,351	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				8,480,435	80.25
	PSD hold

Popular vote Ratinho   69.64% Requião   26.23% Others   4.11%

Senator

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sergio Moro	UNIÃO	1,953,188	33.50
	Paulo Martins	PL	1,697,962	29.12
	Alvaro Dias (incumbent)	PODE	1,396,089	23.94
	Rosane Ferreira	PV	475,597	8.16
	Desiree Salgado	PDT	130,520	2.24
	Aline Sleutjes	PROS	89,560	1.54
	Orlando Pessuti	MDB	63,784	1.09
	Laerson Matias	PSOL	17,953	0.31
	Roberto França	PCO	3,402	0.06
	Carlos Saboia	PMN	2,521	0.04
Total			5,830,576	100.00
Valid votes			5,830,576	85.55
Invalid votes			506,442	7.43
Blank votes			478,670	7.02
Total votes			6,815,688	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			8,480,435	80.37
	UNIÃO gain from PODE

Popular vote Moro   33.5% Martins   29.12% Dias   23.94% Others   13.44%

Chamber of Deputies

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party			1,051,984	17.42	7	3
	FE Brasil		Workers' Party	862,421	14.28	5	2
			Green Party	102,663	1.70	1
			Communist Party of Brazil	8,268	0.14	0
	Progressistas			704,175	11.66	4	2
	Brazil Union			641,875	10.63	4	New
	Liberal Party			593,160	9.82	3
	Podemos			429,991	7.12	1
	Republicanos			295,297	4.89	1	1
	Brazilian Democratic Movement			273,684	4.53	1	1
	Republican Party of the Social Order			214,036	3.54	1	1
	Brazilian Socialist Party			183,490	3.04	1	1
	Solidariedade			134,285	2.22	0
	Democratic Labour Party			90,644	1.50	0	1
	Always forward		Cidadania	89,330	1.48	0	1
			Brazilian Social Democracy Party	88,130	1.46	1	1
	New Party			68,292	1.13	0
	Brazilian Labour Party			47,433	0.79	0	1
	Social Christian Party			33,081	0.55	0	1
	Christian Democracy			31,099	0.52	0
	PSOL REDE		Sustainability Network	26,240	0.43	0
			Socialism and Liberty Party	16,601	0.27	0
	Agir			14,141	0.23	0
	Brazilian Woman's Party			13,324	0.22	0
	Patriota			9,678	0.16	0
	Brazilian Communist Party			6,280	0.10	0
	Party of National Mobilization			5,108	0.08	0
	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party			2,919	0.05	0
	United Socialist Workers' Party			772	0.01	0
	Workers' Cause Party			187	0.00	0
Total				6,038,588	100.00	30	–
Valid votes				6,038,642	88.60
Invalid votes				331,101	4.86
Blank votes				445,946	6.54
Total votes				6,815,689	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				8,480,435	80.37

Notes

1. Solange Ferreira Bueno (PMN) with 0%
2. Sergio Moro (UNIÃO) with 12.9%
3. Solange Ferreira Bueno (PMN) with 0%
4. Solange Ferreira Bueno (PMN) with 0%
5. Valdir Rossoni (PSDB) with 1%
6. Valdir Rossoni (PSDB) with 1.9% and Elton Barz (PCdoB) with 0.4%
7. Alex Canziani (PSD) with 1%
8. Alex Canziani (PSD) with 4%
9. Alex Canziani (PSD) with 4%
10. Elton Barz (PCdoB) with 0.7%