# 2024 Cuiabá mayoral election

The 2024 Cuiabá municipal election took place in the city of Cuiabá, Brazil on 6 October 2024. Voters elected and 25 councillors. A second round was held on October 27 as no candidate achieved 50% in the first round for mayor.
Abilio Brunini, a Liberal Party Federal Deputy, was elected in the second round against Lúdio Cabral, a Workers' Party State Deputy. Cabral overpreformed Lula by 7.7% compared to the 2022 Brazilian presidential election against Jair Bolsonaro.
The incumbent mayor is Emanuel Pinheiro of the Brazilian Democratic Movement. Pinheiro was elected to his second term in 2020 against Brunini meaning he was not able to run for reelection.
Eduardo Botelho of the Brazil Union, the candidate of governor Mauro Mendes, and Domingos Kennedy of the MDB, the candidate of Pinheiro, were defeated in the first round.

## Electoral calendar

Electoral calendar announced by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) on 3 January 2024 :
| 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
### Candidates in runoff

| Party | Party | Mayoral Candidate | Mayoral Candidate | Party | Party | Vice-Mayoral Candidate | Vice-Mayoral Candidate | Coalition | Ref |
| | Liberal Party (PL 22) | | Abilio Brunini Federal Deputy (2023–present) Councillor of Cuiabá (2017–2021) | | New Party (NOVO) | | Coronel Vânia Military policewoman | Rescuing Cuiabá PL, NOVO, PRTB and DC | |
| | Workers' Party (PT 13) | | Lúdio Cabral State Deputy (2019–present) Councillor of Cuiabá (2005–2012) | | Social Democratic Party (PSD ) | | Rafaela Fávaro Journalist and Writer Daughter of Minister of Agriculture Carlos Fávaro | Courage and Strength to Change FE Brasil ( PT, PCdoB, and PV), PSD and Fed. PSOL REDE (PSOL, REDE) | |

### Candidates failing to make runoff

| Party | Party | Mayoral Candidate | Mayoral Candidate | Party | Party | Vice-Mayoral Candidate | Vice-Mayoral Candidate | Coalition | Ref |
| | Brazil Union (UNIÃO 44) | | Eduardo Botelho President of the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso (2017–present) State Deputy (2015–present) | | Republicans (REP ) | | Dr. Marcelo Sandrin Doctor | Together for Cuiabá UNIÃO, Republicans, PP, PODE, PMB, PSB, Solidarity and Always Forward (PSDB, Citizenship) | |
| | Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB 15) | | Kennedy Businessman | | Democratic Labour Party (PDT ) | | Miriam Calazans Manager | For the Love of Cuiabá MDB and PDT | |

## Results
### First round

Popular vote (first round)
Abilio
39.61%
Lúdio
28.31%
Botelho
27.77%
Kennedy
4.77% :

### Second round

| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Abilio | Coronel Vânia (NOVO) | PL | 126,944 | 39.61 | 171,324 | 53.80 |
| | Lúdio | Rafaela Fávaro (PSD) | PT | 90,719 | 28.31 | 147,127 | 46.20 |
| | Botelho | Dr. Marcelo (REP) | UNIÃO | 88,977 | 27.77 | | |
| | Kennedy | Miriam Calazans(PDT) | MDB | 13,805 | 4.31 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 320,445 | 100.00 | 318,451 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 320,445 | 93.46 | 318,451 | 96.34 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 12,551 | 3.66 | 7,234 | 2.19 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 9,888 | 2.88 | 4,852 | 1.47 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 342,884 | 100.00 | 330,537 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 445,070 | 77.04 | 445,070 | 74.27 |
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