2014 Bahia gubernatorial election

2014 Bahia gubernatorial election

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Nominee Rui Costa Paulo Souto Lídice da Mata Party PT DEM PSB Running mate João Leão Joaci Góes Eduardo Vasconcelos Popular vote 3,558,975 2,440,409 432,379 Percentage 54.53% 37.39% 6.62%

Governor before election Jaques Wagner PT Elected Governor Rui Costa PT

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 26 October.^[1] 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.^[2]