The Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next governor of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a second-round runoff election was held on 26 October.

Incumbent governor Tarso Genro was running for a second term, a distinction not achieved in recent history. His main challengers were Senator Ana Amélia Lemos of the Progressive Party and former Mayor of Caxias do Sul José Ivo Sartori of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.

Opinion polls leading up to the first round had shown Genro with a comfortable lead over his primary rival Lemos and Sartori steadily gaining support. Eventually, it was Sartori who defied opinion polls and ended comfortably in first place. Genro finished in second to advance to the runoff while Lemos finished in a distant third.

In the second round, Sartori defeated Genro with over 60% of the vote and was elected for a four-year term as governor.

Candidates

Coalitions

Candidate Running mate Coalition Ana Amélia LemosPP Cassiá CarpesSD "The Hope that unites Rio Grande"(PP, SD, PSDB, PRB) Vieira da CunhaPDT Flávio José GomesPSC "Rio Grande Deserves More"(PDT, PSC, DEM, PV, PEN) Tarso GenroPT Abigail PereiraPCdoB "Popular Unity at Rio Grande"(PT, PCdoB, PTB, PTC, PROS, PR, PPL) José Ivo SartoriPMDB José Paulo CairolliPSD "The New Way to Rio Grande"(PMDB, PSD, PPS, PSB, PSDC, PSL, PHS, PTdoB) Humberto CarvalhoPCB Nuberm Airton Cabral MedeirosPCB - Edison EstivaletePRTB Hermes AloísioPRTB Roberto RobainaPSOL Gabrielle TolottiPSOL "Left Front"(PSOL, PSTU)

Opinion Polling Date Institute Poll tracker at UOL Notícias Candidate Blank/Null/Undecided Tarso Genro (PT) Ana Amélia Lemos (PP) José Ivo Sartori (PMDB) Vieira da Cunha (PDT) Roberto Robaina (PSOL) João Carlos Rodrigues (PMN) Edison Estivalete (PRTB) Humberto Carvalho (PCB) September 25–26, 2014 Datafolha 17% 2% 1% - 18% September 21–23, 2014 Ibope 15% 1% - 16% September 17–18, 2014 Datafolha 13% 3% - 19% September 8–10, 2014 Methodus 11.8% 3.9% 1% - 15.6% September 8–9, 2014 Datafolha 11% 2% 20% September 7–9, 2014 Ibope - 18% September 5–6, 2014 Vox Populi 12% 3% 22% September 2–3, 2014 Datafolha 10% 17% August 19–23, 2014 Methodus 5.8% 4.7% 2% - - 15.4% August 12–14, 2014 Datafolha 7% 3% 1% 20% August 8–13, 2014 Methodus 5.9% 4.1% 1.4% - 0.1% 0.7% 14.3% August 2–5, 2014 Ibope 5% 4% 1% - 1% 24% July 13–16, 2014 Ibope 4% 2% 1% 0% 21% March 27–31, 2014 Ibope 5% 3% -

Results

References