2022 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election

The 2022 Rio de Janeiro state election will take place in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters will elect a governor, vice governor, one senator, 46 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 70 Legislative Assembly members. The incumbent governor, Cláudio Castro, a member of the Liberal Party, is eligible for a second term, and intends to run for reelection.[1]

2022 Rio de Janeiro state election
2 October 2022 (2022-10-02) (first round)
30 October 2022 (2022-10-30) (second round, if necessary)
Opinion polls
Gubernatorial election
Incumbent Governor

Cláudio Castro
PL


Parliamentary election
All 70 seats of the Legislative Assembly
PartyLeader Current seats
Legislative Assembly
PL None 13
Brazil Union None 11
SDD None 6
PSD None 5
PTB Marcus Vinicius 4
PSOL Renata Souza 4
PSB Carlos Minc 3
Avante Marcos Abrahão 3
PSC None 3
PP Dionisio Lins 3
Republicans Carlos Macedo 3
PODE Alexandre Freitas 2
PROS None 2
PT Zeidan 2
PV Eurico Junior 1
PCdoB Enfermeira Rejane 1
PATRI Val Ceasa 1
DC Marcelo Cabeleireiro 1
PDT Martha Rocha 1
MDB Rosenverg Reis 1

Gubernatorial candidates

Potential candidates
Candidate name and party Most recent political office Party logo Details Ref.
Cláudio Castro
Liberal Party (PL)		 Governor of Rio de Janeiro
(since 2021)		 Born in Santos, São Paulo in 1979. Former Vice governor of Rio de Janeiro and city councillor of Rio de Janeiro. [2]
Marcelo Freixo
Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB)		 Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro
(since 2019)		 Born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. in 1967. Former state deputy of Rio de Janeiro. Candidate for mayor of Rio de Janeiro in 2012 and 2016. [3]
Felipe Santa Cruz
Social Democratic Party (PSD)		 President of the Order of Attorneys of Brazil
(2019–2021)		 Born in the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1972. Former president of the Order of Attorneys of Rio de Janeiro (2013–2015) and Former President of the Order of Attorneys of Brazil (2019–2021). [4]
Paulo Ganime
New Party (NOVO)		 Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro
(since 2019)		 Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1982. Engineer. [5]
Rodrigo Neves
Democratic Labour Party (PDT)		 Mayor of Niterói
(2013–2020)		 Born in São Gonçalo in 1976. Former state deputy of Rio de Janeiro (2007–2012) and City councillor of Rio de Janeiro (1998–2007) [6]
Eduardo Serra
Brazilian Communist Party (PCB)		 No prior public office Teacher at the Institute of International Relations and Defense of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). [7]
Cyro Garcia
United Socialist Workers' Party (PSTU)		 Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro
(1992–1993)		 Born in Manhumirim, Minas Gerais in 1954. Teacher, activist and former banker officer. [8]

Legislative Assembly

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

Affiliation Members +/–
Elected[9] Current[10]
PL 1 13 12
Brazil Union New 11 11
SDD 3 6 3
PSD 3 5 2
PTB 1 4 3
PSOL 5 4 1
PSB 1 3 2
Avante 1 3 2
PSC 2 3 1
PP 2 3 1
REP 3 3
PODE 1 2 1
PROS 1 2 1
PT 3 2 1
PV 0 1 1
PCdoB 1 1
PATRI 1 1
DC 2 1 1
PDT 3 1 2
MDB 5 1 4
CDN 1 0 1
PTC 1 0 1
PRTB 1 0 1
Party of the Brazilian Woman 1 0 1
PSDB 2 0 2
PRP 2 0 2
PHS 2 0 2
NOVO 2 0 2
DEM 6 0 6
PSL 13 0 13
Total 70 –

Opinion polls

First round

2022

Pollster/client(s) Date(s)

conducted

 Sample

size

 Freixo
PSB		 Castro
PL		 Neves
PDT		 Ganime
NOVO		 Cruz
PSD		 Serra
PCB		 Cyro
PSTU		 Others Abst.
Undec.		 Lead
Datafolha 5-7 Apr 2022 1,200 22% 18% 7% 2% 3% 5% 4% – 40% 4%
18% 14% 5% 1% 2% 4% 3% 13%[lower-alpha 1] 39% 4%
16 March 2022 - 6 April 2022 Hamilton Mourão joins Republicans and confirms his candidacy for the Senate seat of Rio Grande do Sul.[11] Rodrigo Maia gives up on his reelection bid.[12]
Pollster/client(s) Date(s)

conducted

 Sample

size

 Castro
PL		 Freixo
PSB		 Neves
PDT		 Ganime
NOVO		 Cruz
Ind.		 Rocha
PDT		 Mourão
PRTB		 Maia
Ind.		 Others Abst.
Undec.		 Lead
Quaest/Genial 15–18 Mar 2022 1,200 21% 17% 9% 1% 3% – – – 4%[lower-alpha 2] 45% 4%
22% 18% 10% 2% 3% – – – – 46% 4%
24% 20% – 4% 4% – – – – 48% 4%
23% 18% 10% 2% – – – – – 46% 5%
Real Time Big Data 12–15 Mar 2022 1,500 23% 24% 10% 1% 2% – – – 2%[lower-alpha 3] 38% 1%
25% 25% 11% 1% – – – – – 38% Tie
Quaest Pesquisa 22–26 Oct 2021 1,804 14% 19% 4% – – – – – 26%[lower-alpha 4] 38% 7%
16% 25% 7% – 3% – – – – 49% 9%
12% 23% 6% – 3% – 17% – – 39% 6%
Real Time Big Data 28–29 Sep 2021 1,200 18% 25% 9% – 2% – – – – 46% 7%
18% 25% 10% – – – – – – 47% 7%
EXAME/IDEIA 23–26 Aug 2021 2,000 21% 22% 7% – – – – – 16%[lower-alpha 5] 33% 1%
Instituto GERP 10–17 Aug 2021 1,200 6% 12% 7% – – – 18% – 15% [lower-alpha 6] 42% 3%
11% 17% 12% – – – – – – 60% 5%
Atlas Intel 18–22 June 2021 807 20.2% 33% 4.4% 3.4% 2.2% – – – – 36.8% 12.8%
19.1% 31.8% – 3.5% 4% 1.8% – – – 39.9% 12.7%
Paraná Pesquisas 28 May–1 June 2021 1,530 16.3% 23.8% – – 2.1% 23.1% – – – 34.7% 0.7%
15.6% 23.5% – – – – – 12.8% 13.6%[lower-alpha 7] 34.5% 7.9%
16.7% 25.2% 7% – – – – – 14.8%[lower-alpha 8] 36.3% 8.5%
13% 20.5% 1.3% – – 14.7% – – 21.3%[lower-alpha 9] 29.2% 0.8%

Second round

Castro vs. Freixo

Pollster/client(s) Date(s)

conducted

 Sample

size

 Castro
PL		 Freixo
PSB		 Abst.
Undec.		 Lead
Quaest/Genial 15–18 Mar 2022 1,200 34% 30% 37% 4%
Atlas Intel 18–22 June 2021 807 31% 37.3% 31.7% 6.3%

Neves vs. Freixo

Pollster/client(s) Date(s)

conducted

 Sample

size

 Freixo
PSB		 Neves
PDT		 Abst.
Undec.		 Lead
Quaest/Genial 15–18 Mar 2022 1,200 29% 24% 47% 5%
Atlas Intel 18–22 June 2021 807 34.6% 14.4% 51% 20;2%

Rocha vs. Freixo

Pollster/client(s) Date(s)

conducted

 Sample

size

 Freixo
PSB		 Rocha
PDT		 Abst.
Undec.		 Lead
Atlas Intel 18–22 June 2021 807 36.2% 14.1% 49.7% 22.1%

Castro vs. Santa Cruz

Pollster/client(s) Date(s)

conducted

 Sample

size

 Castro
PL		 Santa Cruz
Indep.		 Abst.
Undec.		 Lead
Quaest/Genial 15–18 Mar 2022 1,200 39% 15% 47% 24%

Castro vs. Ganime

Pollster/client(s) Date(s)

conducted

 Sample

size

 Castro
PL		 Ganime
NOVO		 Abst.
Undec.		 Lead
Quaest/Genial 15–18 Mar 2022 1,200 40% 11% 49% 29%

Castro vs. Neves

Pollster/client(s) Date(s)

conducted

 Sample

size

 Castro
PL		 Neves
PDT		 Abst.
Undec.		 Lead
Quaest/Genial 15–18 Mar 2022 1,200 36% 20% 44% 16%


Senator

Pollster/client(s) Date(s)

conducted

 Sample

size

 Benedita
PT		 Romário
PL		 Crivella
REP		 Molon
PSB		 Pazuello
Ind.		 Otoni
PSC		 Reis
MDB		 D'Ângelo
PDT		 Others Abst.
Undec.		 Lead
Quaest/Genial 15–18 Mar 2022 1,200 – 25% 14% 7% – 4% 6% – 14%[lower-alpha 10] 31% 11%
– 29% 16% 8% – – 7% – 5%[lower-alpha 11] 34% 13%
– – – 11% – 7% 13% – 19%[lower-alpha 12] 51% 6%
– 29% – – – 7% 10% – 15%[lower-alpha 13] 39% 14%
Quaest Pesquisa 22–26 Oct 2021 1,804 – 19% 12% 12% – 5% 6% – 10%[lower-alpha 14] 29% 7%
– 20% 12% 10% – 4% 5% – 22%[lower-alpha 15] 21% 2%
Instituto GERP 10–17 Aug 2021 1,200 8% 10% 9% 10% – – 4% – 18%[lower-alpha 16] 41% 8%
– – 11% 11% – – 5% – 26%[lower-alpha 17] 47% 15%
Paraná Pesquisas 28 May–1 June 2021 1,530 18.7% 14.6% 13.9% 8.5% 5.6% 4.4% 4.4% 1.2% – 22.5% 4.1%
– 19.6% 16.1% 13.8% – 6.1% 7.1% 1.8% – 27.5% 3.5%

Notes
  1. Anthony Garotinho (UNIÃO) with 7%; General Santos Cruz (PODE) with 4% and André Ceciliano (PT) with 2%
  2. André Ceciliano (PT) with 4%
  3. André Ceciliano (PT) with 2%
  4. Eduardo Paes (PSD) with 26%
  5. Eduardo Paes (PSD) with 16%
  6. Eduardo Paes (PSD) with 15%
  7. Washington Reis (MDB) with 8%; Bernardinho (NOVO) with 5.6%
  8. Washington Reis (MDB) with 8.8%; Bernardinho (NOVO) with 6%
  9. Luciano Huck (Ind.) with 21.3%
  10. Clarissa Garotinho (PROS) with 7%; André Ceciliano (PT) with 4% and Daniel Silveira (PTB) with 3%
  11. André Ceciliano (PT) with 5%
  12. Clarissa Garotinho (PROS) with 13%; Daniel Silveira (PTB) with 6%
  13. Clarissa Garotinho (PROS) with 10%; André Ceciliano (PT) with 5%
  14. Clarissa Garotinho (PROS) with 8% and André Ceciliano (PT) with 2%
  15. Hamilton Mourão (PRTB) with 12%, Clarissa Garotinho (PROS) with 8% and André Ceciliano (PT) with 2%
  16. Jandira Feghali (PCdoB) with 8%; Anthony Garotinho (PROS) and Rodrigo Maia with 4%; Felipe Santa Cruz and André Ceciliano (PT) with 1%
  17. Jandira Feghali (PCdoB) with 10%; Rodrigo Maia with 6%; Anthony Garotinho (PROS) with 5%; Felipe Santa Cruz with 3% and André Ceciliano (PT) with 2%

References
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  2. Cappelli, Paulo (29 December 2021). "De olho em 2022, Cláudio Castro criará secretaria para abrigar MDB". Crusoé (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. Diário do Rio, Redação (18 December 2021). "PSB-RJ lança candidaturas de Freixo a governador e Molon a Senador para 2022". Diário do Rio (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  4. Amado, Guilherme (13 December 2021). "O que precisa acontecer para Eduardo Paes apoiar Lula em 2022". Metrópoles (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. Gomes Freire, Quintino (19 June 2021). "Benício e Ganime são os pré-candidatos do Novo ao Governo do RJ em 2022". Diário do Rio (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  6. Klein, Cristian (18 November 2021). "Rodrigo Neves abre palanque do PDT para Lula no Rio". Valor Econômico (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  7. Rio, g1 (15 March 2022). "PCB oficializa Eduardo Serra como pré-candidato ao Governo do Rio de Janeiro em 2022". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  8. Rio, g1 (10 April 2022). "PSTU oficializa Cyro Garcia como pré-candidato ao Governo do Rio". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  9. "Apuração de votos e resultado das Eleições 2018 RJ: Governador eleito" (in Portuguese). UOL. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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  12. "Rodrigo Maia desiste de disputar eleição". Poder360 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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