The Espírito Santo gubernatorial election occurred in 7 October 2018, and elected the Governor and Vice Governor of Espírito Santo and 28 State Deputies.
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 Candidate with the most votes per municipality in the 1st round (78): Renato Casagrande (77 municipalities) Carlos Manato (1 municipality) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The previous gubernatorial election in the state was held in October 2014, in which Paulo Hartung of the Brazilian Democratic Movement was elected in the first round with 53.44% of the votes, against 39.34% of Renato Casagrande.[1] Hartung was eligible for a second consecutive term, but decided not to run for a re-election.[2]
Casagrande was elected governor with 55.50% of the valid votes in the first round, against congressman Carlos Manato (PSL), with 27.22% of the valid votes.[3] For the Senate election, incumbents Ricardo Ferraço (PSDB) and Magno Malta (PR) were defeated by civil police chief Fabiano Contarato (REDE) and speaker and instructor Marcos do Val (PPS).[4]
Candidates
Governor
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Senator
| Party | Candidate | Most relevant political office or occupation | Party | Candidates for Alternate Senators | Coalition | Electoral number | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
_logo.svg){kind=logo} Workers' Party (PT) | Célia Tavares | University professor | Workers' Party (PT) | 1st alternate senator: Perly Cipriano | — | 131 | ||
| 2nd alternate senator: Maria Luiza Casotti | ||||||||
.png) Brazilian Labour Party (PTB) | Helder Carnielli | Agricultural engineer | Brazilian Labour Party (PTB) | 1st alternate senator: Roberto Martins | Innovation with Competence
| 144 | ||
| 2nd alternate senator: Nilo Franco | ||||||||
Brazilian Woman's Party (PMB) | Rogério Bernardo | Lawyer | Brazilian Woman's Party (PMB) | 1st alternate senator: Cintia Teixeira | 355 | |||
| 2nd alternate senator: Vagner Tonetto | ||||||||
 Social Liberal Party (PSL) | Sérgio de Assis | Military police lieutenant | Social Liberal Party (PSL) | 1st alternate senator: Robson Fonseca | In Defense of Life and Family
| 177 | ||
| 2nd alternate senator: Flávio Mello Sant'ana | ||||||||
 |  Magno Malta | Senator for Espírito Santo (2003–2019) | | 1st alternate senator: Carlos Salvador | 222 | |||
| 2nd alternate senator: Moabe Souza | ||||||||
,_do_Brasil.png) Sustainability Network (REDE) |  Fabiano Contarato | Civil police chief | .svg) | 1st alternate senator: Ana Paula Tongo | A New Way for Espírito Santo
| 181 | ||
| Sustainability Network (REDE) | 2nd alternate senator: Bento Porto | |||||||
 | Mauro Ribeiro | Public servant | | 1st alternate senator: Manoel Tavares | Socialist Left-Wing Front
| 211 | ||
| 2nd alternate senator: Dinho da Silva | ||||||||
 Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) | Liu Katrine | High school teacher | Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) | 1st alternate senator: Tony Cabano | 500 | |||
| 2nd alternate senator: Wilson Junior | ||||||||
 Popular Socialist Party (PPS) |  Marcos do Val | Speaker and gun instructor | Popular Socialist Party (PPS) | 1st alternate senator: Rosana Foerst | Espírito Santo More Equal
| ''234 | ||
| 2nd alternate senator: Ronaldo Libardi | ||||||||
 |  Ricardo Ferraço | Senator for Espírito Santo (2011–2019) | | 1st alternate senator: Eutemar Venturim | 456 | |||
 | 2nd alternate senator: Jurandy Loureiro | |||||||
 New Party (NOVO) | Ulisses Pincelli | Businessman | New Party (NOVO) | 1st alternate senator: Giuliano Sandri | — | 300 | ||
| 2nd alternate senator: Fred Esteves | ||||||||
Opinion polls
Governor
| Pollster/client(s) | Date(s) conducted | Sample size | Casagrande PSB | Manato PSL | Rocha PT | Freitas PODE | Teixeira PTB | Moreira PSOL | Abst. Undec. | Lead |
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| 2018 election | 7 October | – | 55.50% | 27.22% | 7.38% | 5.47% | 3.25% | 1.18% | 13.09% | 28.28% |
| Ibope | 4–5 October | 812 | 58% | 13% | 6% | 10% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 45% |
| Ibope | 15–17 August | 812 | 54% | 4% | 1% | 13% | 1% | 1% | 26% | 41% |
Results
Governor
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Renato Casagrande | Jacqueline Moraes | PSB | 1,072,224 | 55.49 | |
| Carlos Manato | Rogério Zamperlini | PSL | 525,973 | 27.22 | |
| Jackeline Rocha | Cléber Lanes | PT | 142,654 | 7.38 | |
| Rose de Freitas | Thanguy Frico | PODE | 105,754 | 5.47 | |
| Aridelmo Teixeira | Jéssica Polese | PTB | 62,821 | 3.25 | |
| André Moreira | Adriana Faroni | PSOL | 22,875 | 1.18 | |
| Total | 1,932,301 | 100.00 | |||
| Valid votes | 1,932,301 | 86.92 | |||
| Invalid votes | 175,988 | 7.92 | |||
| Blank votes | 114,918 | 5.17 | |||
| Total votes | 2,223,207 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,753,585 | 80.74 | |||
| PSB gain from MDB | |||||
Senator
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Fabiano Contarato | REDE | 1,117,036 | 31.15 | |
| Marcos do Val | PPS | 863,359 | 24.08 | |
| Magno Malta (incumbent) | PR | 611,284 | 17.05 | |
| Ricardo Ferraço (incumbent) | PSDB | 480,122 | 13.39 | |
| Sérgio de Assis | PSL | 247,165 | 6.89 | |
| Célia Tavares | PT | 164,845 | 4.60 | |
| Ulisses Pincelli | NOVO | 37,119 | 1.04 | |
| Liu Katrine | PSOL | 24,496 | 0.68 | |
| Helder Carnielli | PTB | 22,844 | 0.64 | |
| Rogério Bernardo | PTB | 9,531 | 0.27 | |
| Mauro Ribeiro | PCB | 8,287 | 0.23 | |
| Total | 3,586,088 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 3,586,088 | 80.65 | ||
| Invalid votes | 513,931 | 11.56 | ||
| Blank votes | 346,395 | 7.79 | ||
| Total votes | 4,446,414 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,507,170 | 80.74 | ||
| REDE gain from PR | ||||
| PPS gain from PSDB | ||||
