2024 Fortaleza mayoral election

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2024 Fortaleza municipal election

 2020
6 October 2024 (2024-10-06) (first round)
27 October 2024 (2024-10-27) (second round)
2028 
Turnout84.48% (first round)
84.16% (second round)
Mayoral election
Opinion polls
 
Candidate Evandro Leitão André Fernandes
Party PT PL
Running mate Gabriella Aguiar Alcyvania Pinheiro
Popular vote 716,133 705,295
Percentage 50.38% 49.62%

Result by electoral zone in the second round



Mayor before election

José Sarto
PDT

Elected mayor

Evandro Leitão
PT

Parliamentary election
Party Leader Current seats
Municipal Chamber
PDT N/a 12
PSD N/a 7
Avante N/a 5
FE Brasil N/a 3
PSDB-Cidadania N/a 3
PSB N/a 2
PSOL-REDE N/a 2
PL N/a 2
Agir N/a 1
Republicanos N/a 1
UNIÃO N/a 1
PRD N/a 1
MOBILIZA N/a 1
PMB N/a 1
Solidarity N/a 1

The 2024 Fortaleza mayoral election took place on 6 October 2024. Voters elected a mayor, a vice mayor, and 43 councillors. The incumbent mayor, José Sarto, a member of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT), was elected in 2020[1] for his first term and intends to run for reelection.[2]

Candidates André Fernandes (PL) and Evandro Leitão (PT) were the most voted and advanced for a runoff, held on 27 October 2024. Leitão was elected with 50.38% of the valid votes.[3] The mayor's term will begin on 1 January 2025 and end on 31 December 2028.[4]

2020 election and Sarto's government

The last mayoral election in Fortaleza, held in 2020, resulted in the victory of the physician José Sarto Nogueira (PDT) in the second round. Sarto obtained 668,652 votes (51.69% of the valid votes), compared to the 624,892 votes (48.31% of the valid votes) obtained by Capitão Wagner (PROS).[1] Sarto's victory represented the victory of a "government of continuity", since the incumbent mayor at the time, Roberto Cláudio, who is also a member of the party, was his main electoral canvasser throughout the election.[5]

Starting in January 2021, Sarto's government was disapproved by more than 50% of the citizens of Fortaleza in opinion polls,[6][7] and, despite his approval ratings improved throughout 2023 due to a program of investments and interventions in the city,[8] his government disapproval rating was ranked in fourth among the mayors of the 26 Brazilian capitals in a report published by Atlasintel in January 2024. On this opinion poll, Sarto's government was disapproved by 45% of those who were interviewed and only 25% approved his government.[9]

Electorate

In 2024, Fortaleza has 1,765,629 people eligible to vote,[10] which corresponds to around 73% of its total population (2,428,708) according to the 2022 Brazilian demographic census.[11] The city is divided into 17 electoral zones (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 80th, 82nd, 83rd, 85th, 93rd, 94th, 95th, 112th, 113th, 114th, 115th, 116th, 117th and 118th), with 669 polling stations and 5,400 electoral sections.[10]

Electoral calendar

Electoral calendar announced by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) on 3 January 2024[12]
7 March – 5 April Period of the 'party window' for councillors. During this period, the councillors are able to move to other political parties in order to run for election while not losing their respective political terms.
6 April Deadline for all parties and party federations to obtain the registration of their statutes at the Superior Electoral Court and for all candidates to have their electoral domicile in the constituency in which they wish to contest the elections with the affiliation granted by the party.
15 May Start of the preliminary fundraising campaign in the form of collective financing for potential candidates. During this period, candidates are not allowed to ask for votes and are still subjected to obey the rules regarding electoral propaganda on the Internet.
20 July – 5 August On this date, party conventions begin to deliberate on coalitions and choose candidates for mayors and councillors tickets. Parties have until 15 August to register their names with the Brazilian Election Justice.
16 August Beginning of electoral campaigns on an equal basis, with any advertising or demonstration explicitly requesting for votes before the date being considered irregular and subject to fines.
30 August –3 October Broadcasting of free electoral propaganda on radio and television.
6 October Date of mayoral elections.
27 October Date of a possible second round in cities with more than 200,000 voters in which the most voted candidate for mayor has not reached 50% of the valid votes.

Candidates

Presumptive candidates

Party Mayoral candidate Running mate Coalition

Workers' Party
(PT 13)
Evandro Leitão
State Deputy of Ceará (since 2015)
TBA TBA

Socialism and Liberty Party
(PSOL 50)
Técio Nunes
Cultural entrepreneur.[17]

Sustainability Network
(REDE)
Cindy Carvalho
Environmentalist

In The Workers' Party, alongside Leitão's name, some of the party members were divided between supporting traditional names, such as Luizianne Lins, mayor of Fortaleza from 2005 to 2013 and candidate in 2016 and 2020, and some of them also supported new political figures; for example, the state deputies Larissa Gaspar and Guilherme Sampaio. The advisor of the government of Ceará, Artur Bruno, was also one of the names who were supported in the dispute.[18][8][19] Cid Gomes' and his allies decided to join the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) in February 2024, a move that made it easier for the party to support the Workers' Party candidacy; since this decision, it was announced that the Brazilian Socialist Party will nominate the running mate on the Brazil of Hope's ticket.[20] In April 2024, Evandro Leitão obtained the support of the majority of Workers' Party delegates to be the party's nominee for mayor, defeating Luizianne Lins and the other candidates who were in the race.[21] Since the 2022 elections, the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), the Workers' Party and the Green Party (PV) joined the coalition Brazil of Hope. Their main goal is to elect more councillors with the entry of Leitão's political group into the coalition. There is also negotiations between the Workers' Party and the Social Democratic Party (PSD) to form an alliance in the 2024 elections.

Among other parties, the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL) started a debate to launch their own candidacy or to invite parties and social movements to join its ticket, even though Adelita Monteiro's, a member of the party, is part of Elmano's government as a state secretary. The party announced Técio Nunes as a candidate in February 2024.[17] The parties that are aligned with the Socialism and Freedom Party are the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) and Sustainability Network (REDE); a party which is aligned with the socialists in the PSOL REDE Federation.[20] The Sustainability Network announced a potential candidacy of the environmentalist Cindy Carvalho on 13 March 2024;[22] due to this situation, both parties (PSOL and REDE) entered into an agreement and nominated her as the running mate of Técio Nunes on 4 May 2024.[23]

Workers' Party's primaries

Workers' Party (PT) – Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Luizianne Lins – Councillor of Fortaleza (1997–2002); Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ceará (2003–2004); Mayor of Fortaleza (2005–2013) and Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Ceará (2015–present).[25]
  • Guilherme Sampaio – Councillor of Fortaleza (2005–2021)[26] and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ceará (2021; 2023).[27][28]
  • Larissa Gaspar – Councillor of Fortaleza (2017–2023) and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ceará (2023–present).[29]

Primaries results

5,813 members of the Workers' Party of Fortaleza participated in the internal elections to choose a nominee for mayor. The primary was held on 7 April 2024.[30]

Results
Candidate Tickets (individual results) Votes % Candidate Tickets (final results) Votes %
Evandro Leitão Green tick 110 (in support of Leitão) 1,442 24.81 Evandro Leitão Green tick 110, 120, 150 and 180
(all in support of Leitão)
3,445 59.26
120 (in support of Leitão) 797 13.71
150 (in support of Leitão) 642 11.04
180 (in support of Leitão) 564 9.70
Luizianne Lins 100 (in support of Lins) 1,686 29.00 Luizianne Lins 100 (in support of Lins) 1,686 29.00
Guilherme Sampaio 123 (in support of Sampaio) 572 9.84 Guilherme Sampaio 123 (in support of Sampaio) 572 9.84
Larissa Gaspar 140 (in support of Gaspar) 110 1.89 Larissa Gaspar 140 (in support of Gaspar) 110 1.89
Total 5,813 100.00 Total 5,813 100.00

Potential candidates

About two years before the election, Sarto stated that he could run for re-election as long as it was a Democratic Labour Party's decision.[31] Throughout 2023, his candidacy was taken for granted by political figures of the party such as Roberto Cláudio, the interim national president of the party André Figueiredo and the former governor of Ceará Ciro Gomes. At the same time, Ciro's political group had internal disputes in the state directory with his own brother Cid Gomes, who is an ally of the governor Elmano de Freitas, from the Workers' Party (PT).

Elmano supported an alliance between the two parties, since this political alliance has been broken in a state level since the election for governor in 2022 (which was won by Elmano) and since 2012 in mayoral elections. This issue made some of the state deputies of Ceará support the candidacy of the president of the Legislative Assembly of Ceará, Evandro Leitão, for mayor in 2024. Since Leitão didn't have any space in the party to run for mayor, he left the Democratic Labour Party and joined the Workers' Party afterwards in order to run in the 2024 elections.[18][32][33]

In February 2023, the politician Capitão Wagner, now a member of Brazil Union (UNIÃO), announced that he could run again for mayor of Fortaleza in 2024, a position for which he ran in 2016 and 2020. His optimism came from the fact that he lost the last election to Sarto by a small margin of votes and by the fact that he was also the most voted candidate in Fortaleza in the 2022 Ceará gubernatorial election.[34] Wagner even supported an alliance with names from the conservative right in Ceará, such as the federal deputy André Fernandes, from the Liberal Party (PL), and the senator Eduardo Girão, from the New Party (NOVO). Both Fernandes and Girão announced their own candidacies in 2023.[18][8] Their political groups are linked to the former president Jair Bolsonaro and to the opposition in a statewide and city level.

Brazil Union (UNIÃO)

Democratic Labour Party (PDT)

  • José Sarto – Councillor of Fortaleza (1989–1994); President of the Municipal Chamber of Fortaleza (1990–1992); Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ceará (1995–2020); President of the Legislative Assembly of Ceará (2019–2020) and Mayor of Fortaleza (2021–present).[37][36]

Liberal Party (PL)

New Party (NOVO)

Popular Unity (UP)

  • Haroldo Neto – Historian.[40]

United Socialist Workers' Party (PSTU)

Withdrawn candidates

Sustainability Network (REDE)

  • Cindy Carvalho – Environmentalist.[22] The PSOL REDE Federation entered into an agreement and nominated her as the running mate of Técio Nunes.[23]

Outgoing Municipal Chamber

The result of the last municipal election and the current situation in the Municipal Chamber is given below:

Affiliation Members +/–
Elected[42] Current[a][44]
PDT 10 12 Increase2
PSD 2 7 Increase5
Avante 0 5 Increase5
PT 3 3 Steady
PSDB 1 2 Increase1
PSOL 2 2 Steady
PL 2 2 Steady
PSB 3 2 Decrease1
Agir 0 1 Increase1
MOBILIZA 0 1 Increase1
Solidarity 0 1 Increase1
PRD didn't exist 1 Increase1
UNIÃO didn't exist 1 Increase1
PMB 2 1 Decrease1
Republicanos 2 1 Decrease1
Cidadania 3 1 Decrease2
PODE 1 0 Decrease1
REDE 1 0 Decrease1
DEM 1 extinct party[b] Decrease1
PSL 1 extinct party[c] Decrease1
PP 2 0 Decrease2
PSC 2 extinct party[d] Decrease2
PROS 5 extinct party[e] Decrease5
Total 43

Opinion polls

First round

2024

Pollster/client(s) Date(s)
conducted
Sample
size
Wagner
UNIÃO
Sarto
PDT
Fernandes
PL
Leitão
PT
Girão
NOVO
Batista
PSTU
Técio
PSOL
Others Abst.
Undec.
Lead
Quaest 19–21 August 900 31% 22% 14% 14% 3% 1% 1% 1%[f] 13% 9%
Paraná Pesquisas 16–19 August 800 31.3% 20.1% 16.4% 10% 4.8% 0.6% 0.5% 0.4%[g] 15.9% 11.2%
Paraná Pesquisas 12–15 July 800 33% 18.3% 15.1% 9.4% 5.5% 0.9% 0.4% N/a 17.5% 14.7%
Veritá 1–4 July 1,220 22.7% 15% 27.5% 18.4% 3.5% 0.3% 1.8% N/a 10.9% 4.8%
Instituto Ideia 25–30 June 1,000 31% 22% 13% 12% 5% 1% 0.3% 5.2%[h] 11% 9%
Datafolha 24–26 June 644 33% 16% 12% 9% 5% N/a N/a 8%[i] 16% 17%
32% 19% 14% 8% 7% N/a N/a N/a 18% 13%
Simplex/CBN 30 May–2 June 1,067 22% 16.2% 17.3% 8.6% 5.2% 0.5% N/a N/a 29.1% 4.7%
Paraná Pesquisas 26–30 May 800 33.1% 18.1% 15.9% 8.9% 6% 0.6% 0.4% N/a 17% 15%
Duda Pesquisa 24–30 May 1,000 32% 16% 6% 6% 5% 1% 0% 6%[j] 28% 16%
7 April Evandro Leitão obtains the support of the majority of Workers' Party delegates to be the party's nominee for mayor.[21]
Pollster/client(s) Date(s)
conducted
Sample
size
Wagner
UNIÃO
Sarto
PDT
Leitão
PT
Luizianne
PT
Fernandes
PL
Técio
PSOL
Girão
NOVO
Others Abst.
Undec.
Lead
Paraná Pesquisas[48] 22–27 March 800 33.3% 20.1% 8.3% N/a 12.1% 0.8% 4.6% 0.8%[k] 20.2% 13.2%
30% 17% N/a 21.3% 0.5% 4.5% 0.1%[l] 14.5% 8.7%
34.8% 20.3% 9.9% N/a 13.3% 0.8% N/a 0.9%[m] 20.3% 14.5%
24 February Técio Nunes is announced as a potential candidate by the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL).[49]
Pollster/client(s) Date(s)
conducted
Sample
size
Wagner
UNIÃO
Sarto
PDT
Leitão
PT
Luizianne
PT
Fernandes
PL
Monteiro
PSOL
Girão
NOVO
Others Abst.
Undec.
Lead
Paraná Pesquisas[50] 11–16 January 800 38.5% 21.8% 6.5% N/a 9.1% 1% 5.3% 1.4%[n] 16.6% 16.7%
35.6% 17.5% N/a 20.8% 9.3% 0.5% 4.8% 0.7%[o] 11% 14.8%
33.4% N/a 6.4% N/a 8% 0.8% 3.5% 33.8%[p] 14.3% 1%
31.9% N/a N/a 18.4% 8.3% 0.3% 3.4% 28%[q] 9.9% 4.9%
43.9% 19.3% N/a 22.3% N/a N/a N/a N/a 14.6% 21.6%
N/a 26.1% N/a 27.1% 19.9% N/a N/a N/a 26.9% 1%
46.5% 24.3% 8.5% N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a 20.8% 22.2%
N/a 33% 11.5% N/a 20.6% N/a N/a N/a 34.9% 12.4%

2023

Pollster/client(s) Date(s)
conducted
Sample
size
Wagner
UNIÃO
Sarto
PDT
Luizianne
PT
Leitão
PT
Fernandes
PL
Studart
PSD
Girão
NOVO
Izolda
Ind.
Others Abst.
Undec.
Lead
Atlas Intel[51] 25–30 December 800 28.6% 25.6% N/a 14.2% 12.9% 1.9% 1.5% N/a N/a 15.3% 3%
25.2% 26% 15.3% N/a 14.1% 4.3% 1.6% N/a N/a 13.4% 0.8%
17 December Evandro Leitão joins the Workers' Party (PT).[52]
Pollster/client(s) Date(s)
conducted
Sample
size
Wagner
UNIÃO
Roberto
PDT
Luizianne
PT
Sarto
PDT
Izolda
Ind.
Leitão
Ind.
Fernandes
PL
Studart
PSD
Others Abst.
Undec.
Lead
RealTime Big Data[53] 24–25 August 1,000 32% N/a 20% 16% N/a 9% N/a N/a 6%[r] 17% 12%
33% N/a 21% 21% N/a N/a N/a N/a 19%
32% N/a N/a 22% N/a 15% N/a N/a 25% 10%
30% 24% 17% N/a N/a 7% 4% N/a 4%[s] 14% 6%
August Evandro Leitão decides to leave the Democratic Labour Party (PDT).[54]
Pollster/client(s) Date(s)
conducted
Sample
size
Wagner
UNIÃO
Roberto
PDT
Luizianne
PT
Sarto
PDT
Izolda
Ind.
Leitão
PDT
Fernandes
PL
Studart
PSD
Others Abst.
Undec.
Lead
RealTime Big Data[55] 2–3 June 1,000 34% N/a 23% 14% N/a 8% 3% 3% N/a 15% 11%
31% 25% 19% N/a N/a 6% 2% N/a 14% 6%
34% N/a 20% 12% 12% N/a 3% N/a 16% 14%
N/a 19% 15% N/a N/a 4% 3%[t] 15% 15%
36% N/a N/a 20% N/a 13% 5% N/a 23% 16%
31% 22% 15% N/a 12% N/a 2% N/a 14% 9%
27% 20% N/a N/a N/a 3% 2%[u] 4%
Paraná Pesquisas 20–23 April 742 38.1% N/a 26.5% 13.9% N/a N/a 3.1% N/a 2.3%[v] 16.1% 11.6%
42% N/a N/a 18.9% N/a 6.7% N/a N/a 9.6%[w] 22.8% 23.1%

Second round

Capitão Wagner and José Sarto

Pollster/client(s) Date(s)
conducted
Sample
size
Sarto
PDT
Wagner
UNIÃO
Abst.
Undec.
Lead
Atlas Intel[51] 25–30 December 2023 800 42.2% 42.1% 15.7% 0.1%

Capitão Wagner and Evandro Leitão

Pollster/client(s) Date(s)
conducted
Sample
size
Wagner
UNIÃO
Leitão
PT
Abst.
Undec.
Lead
Atlas Intel[51] 25–30 December 2023 800 40.5% 33.6% 25.9% 6.9%

José Sarto and André Fernandes

Pollster/client(s) Date(s)
conducted
Sample
size
Sarto
PDT
Fernandes
PL
Abst.
Undec.
Lead
Atlas Intel[51] 25–30 December 2023 800 39.7% 30.3% 30% 9.4%

Hypothetical scenario with Luizianne Lins

Capitão Wagner and Luizianne Lins (eliminated in party primaries)
Pollster/client(s) Date(s)
conducted
Sample
size
Wagner
UNIÃO
Luizianne
PT
Abst.
Undec.
Lead
Atlas Intel[51] 25–30 December 2023 800 46.1% 34.9% 19% 11.2%

Rejection of candidates

In some opinion polls, the interviewee can choose more than one alternative (the so-called "multiple rejection"), therefore, the sum of the percentages of all candidates can exceed 100% of the votes in some scenarios.

Pollster/client(s) Date(s)

conducted

Sample

size

Sarto
PDT
Wagner
UNIÃO
Fernandes
PL
Leitão
PT
Girão
NOVO
Batista
PSTU
Técio
PSOL
Studart
PSD
Could vote
in anyone
Others Abst.
Undec.
Quaest 19–21 August 2024 900 43% 37% 26% 32% 39% 10% 14% N/a ? 27%[x] 9%
Paraná Pesquisas 16–19 August 2024 800 33.9% 23.9% 17.6% 19.6% 13% 10.4% 9.3% N/a 4.9% 10%[y] 10.6%
Paraná Pesquisas 12–15 July 2024 800 36.4% 25.6% 19.1% 20.6% 16% 12.1% 11.6% N/a 7.9% N/a 17.3%
Veritá 1–4 July 2024 1,220 14.9% N/a 27.8% 34.4% N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a
Paraná Pesquisas 26–30 May 2024 800 38.9% 24.9% 21.5% 21.4% 17.3% 14.1% 11.5% N/a 4.8% N/a 7%
Duda Pesquisa 24–30 May 2024 1,000 22% 18% 10% 7% 7% 8% 5% 5% 4% N/a 8%
7 April 2024 Evandro Leitão obtains the support of the majority of Workers' Party delegates to be the party's nominee for mayor.[21]
Pollster/client(s) Date(s)

conducted

Sample

size

Luizianne
PT
Wagner
UNIÃO
Sarto
PDT
Fernandes
PL
Girão
NOVO
Leitão
PT
Batista
PSTU
Técio
PSOL
Could vote
in anyone
Others Abst.
Undec.
Paraná Pesquisas 22–27 March 2024 800 32.8% 26.5% 25.9% 15.4% 11.4% 10.9% 10.6% 9.4% 2% N/a 12.6%
24 February 2024 Técio Nunes is announced as a potential candidate by the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL).[49]
Pollster/client(s) Date(s)

conducted

Sample

size

Luizianne
PT
Wagner
UNIÃO
Sarto
PDT
Fernandes
PL
Girão
NOVO
Leitão
PT
Batista
PSTU
Monteiro
PSOL
Could vote
in anyone
Others Abst.
Undec.
Paraná Pesquisas 11–16 January 2024 800 30.6% 26.9% 23% 16.9% 9.8% 11.1% 9.5% 8.8% 4.8% 25%[z] 19%

Results

Notes

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