October 5, 2014 2018 → 2,440,409 432,379 37.39% 6.62% | 3,558,975 2,440,409 54.53% 37.39% | |
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The Bahia gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next Governor of the state of Bahia. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election will be held on the 26th of October. Governor Jaques Wagner is ineligible to run due to term limits (eight years). In a stunning upset, the PT nominee Rui Costa won the election with 54.5% of valid votes against 37.3% of Paulo Souto in the first-round.
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Bahia gubernatorial election, 2014 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA