| State | Winner (party) | Share |
|---|
| São Paulo | Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicanos) | 62.65% |
| Minas Gerais | Cleitinho Azevedo (Republicanos) | 55.40% |
| Rio de Janeiro | Douglas Ruas (PL) | 50.88% |
| Bahia | Jerônimo Rodrigues (PT) | 55.80% |
| Paraná | Sergio Moro (PL) | 50.10% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | Luciano Zucco (PL) | 58.05% |
| Pernambuco | Raquel Lyra (PSD) | 53.27% |
| Ceará | Elmano de Freitas (PT) | 53.19% |
| Pará | Dr. Daniel (Podemos) | 51.36% |
| Santa Catarina | Jorginho Mello (PL) | 68.98% |
| Goiás | Daniel Vilela (MDB) | 59.17% |
| Maranhão | Eduardo Braide (PSD) | 54.02% |
| Paraíba | Lucas Ribeiro (PP) | 64.30% |
| Mato Grosso | Otaviano Pivetta (Republicanos) | 60.77% |
| Alagoas | JHC (PSDB) | 52.20% |
| Piauí | Rafael Fonteles (PT) | 70.90% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | Eduardo Riedel (PP) | 67.07% |
| Sergipe | Fábio Mitidieri (PSD) | 59.27% |
| Rondônia | Marcos Rogério (PL) | 56.86% |
| Amapá | Dr. Furlan (PSD) | 62.75% |
| Roraima | Arthur Henrique (PL) | 69.13% |
","layout":"text"},{"role":"body","format":"markdown","text":"Source: TSE state governor results files; shares are as displayed by the TSE. A [BBC Brasil summary republished by O Povo](https://www.opovo.com.br/agencia/bbc/2026/10/11/quem-sao-os-governadores-eleitos-em-2026-e-quais-estados-terao-2-turno-veja-os-resultados.html) lists the same winners.\n\nThe PL won six governorships in the first round, more than any other party. In São Paulo, [Tarcísio de Freitas](https://567politics.com/politicians/tarcisio-de-freitas) won a second term by beating former Finance Minister [Fernando Haddad](https://567politics.com/politicians/fernando-haddad) of the PT, 62.65% to 36.42%. In Paraná, former judge and senator [Sergio Moro](https://567politics.com/politicians/sergio-moro), now in the PL, cleared the 50% line by about 6,800 votes. In Ceará, the PT's Elmano de Freitas held off former minister [Ciro Gomes](https://567politics.com/politicians/ciro-gomes), now in the PSDB. The PT won Bahia, Ceará and Piauí, all in the Northeast. Incumbents [Raquel Lyra](https://567politics.com/politicians/raquel-lyra) in Pernambuco and [Eduardo Riedel](https://567politics.com/politicians/eduardo-riedel) in Mato Grosso do Sul were re-elected.\n\nRio de Janeiro was decided in court. On election night the PL's Douglas Ruas led Rio Mayor [Eduardo Paes](https://567politics.com/politicians/eduardo-paes) of the PSD but fell short of 50%. Anthony Garotinho of Republicanos had run while appealing a lower court's rejection of his candidacy under Brazil's \"clean record\" law. On October 8 the TSE voted 5 to 2 to annul his 274,411 votes, [Agência Brasil reported](https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/justica/noticia/2026-10/tse-anula-votos-de-garotinho-e-ruas-vence-governo-do-rio-no-1o-turno). With those votes removed from the valid total, Ruas's share rose to 50.88%, and the state court declared him elected. Paes said on October 9 that he would not keep fighting.\n\n## Election-day problems\n\nThe TSE's public results page for the national race stalled for about an hour on election night, at about 65% of sections counted. State pages kept updating. The TSE said the pause came from a surge in data and affected only the display, not the count. It called claims of fraud false, [Poder360 reported](https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-eleicoes-2026/tse-nega-fraude-e-diz-que-pausa-na-divulgacao-nao-alterou-votos/).\n\nMore than 1,500 voting machines, about 0.3% of the total, had been replaced by mid-afternoon without any need for paper ballots, [Agência Brasil reported](https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/politica/noticia/2026-10/sobre-para-1544-numero-de-urnas-substituidas-no-primeiro-turno). TSE President Kassio Nunes Marques said the court had seen no concrete sign of foreign interference, [the Chamber's news agency reported](https://www.camara.leg.br/noticias/1308707-presidente-do-tse-diz-nao-ter-sinais-de-interferencia-estrangeira-e-registra-substituicao-de-1-121-urnas). Police detained 59 people for electoral crimes by mid-afternoon.\n\nThe last days of the campaign were turbulent too. TV Globo canceled its October 1 presidential debate after Lula declined to attend and a string of court rulings on its format, [Poder360 reported](https://www.poder360.com.br/poder-eleicoes-2026/entenda-como-e-por-que-a-globo-cancelou-o-debate-presidencial/). On October 2, the U.S. and Australian embassies suspended consular services nationwide, citing security, [Agência Brasil reported](https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/internacional/noticia/2026-10/eua-e-australia-fecham-embaixadas-no-brasil-vesperas-da-eleicao). U.S. President Donald Trump said he was following the election closely but endorsed no one, [O Povo reported](https://mais.opovo.com.br/jornal/politica/2026/10/03/trump-volta-a-dizer-que-esta-acompanhando-as-eleicoes-do-brasil-de-perto.html).\n\n## What the first round showed\n\nThe first round sent two signals that pulled in different directions. The PL emerged as the largest party in both houses, and Bolsonaro led the presidential vote. At the same time, the center-right parties kept the votes any president needs to pass laws, and many of them later backed Bolsonaro in the runoff. Lula then won the second round by 4.4 million votes.\n\nThe result leaves Lula facing a Congress in which the PL is his largest opponent in both houses. Constitutional amendments need 308 deputies and 49 senators, so the PL alone cannot block one in the Chamber but holds more than a third of the Senate. In the Senate, 33 votes are enough to defeat an amendment, and the PL's 29 senators come close. Background on the system is on our [Brazil election guide](https://567politics.com/elections/brazil).\n\nCampaign finance note: Brazilian candidates file campaign accounts with the TSE. This article did not review those filings.\n\n## Photo and reporting note\n\nPhoto: Voters wait in line at a school in Taguatinga Norte, Federal District, on the morning of October 4, 2026. Edilson Rodrigues/Agência Senado, [original file](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elei%C3%A7%C3%B5es_2026_-_Primeiro_turno_%2855569028991%29.jpg), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Cropped for publication; the adapted photo remains available under the same license. This AI-assisted report was prepared on November 2, 2026, from TSE results files and the sources linked above. Seat counts and margins not attributed to an outlet are 567politics calculations from TSE files.","textStyle":"body","layout":"text"}]}