The 2020 Curitiba municipal election took place in the city of Curitiba, Brazil, with the first round taking place on 15 November 2020. Voters elected a mayor, a vice mayor and 38 councillors who are responsible for the city administration. Their respective terms began on 1 January 2021 and will end on 31 December 2024. The incumbent mayor is Rafael Greca, a member of the former party Democrats (DEM), who was able to run for reelection.
The elections were initially scheduled to happen on 4 October 2020 (first round), and in case of a second round, it would happen on 25 October 2020. But due to the aggravation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, they've been rescheduled to November. The result was a victory in the first round for the incumbent mayor, Rafael Greca, of the Democrats, winning 499,821 votes and a share of 59.75% of the popular vote.
Political context and COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 municipal elections were marked by the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, which caused parties to remodel their campaign strategies. The Superior Electoral Court of Brazil (TSE) authorized parties to hold conventions to choose candidates for ballots through digital transmission platforms, to avoid crowds that could proliferate the COVID-19. Some parties used digital media to launch their pre-candidacies. Furthermore, from this election onwards, Constitutional Amendment 97/2017 was put into practice, which prohibits the celebration of party coalitions for legislative elections, which could lead to an increase in candidates for the Municipal Chamber.
Candidates.
Candidacy denied.
The candidacy of Diogo Furtado, from the Workers' Cause Party, was denied by the Electoral Court due to the party's municipal directory not having a CNPJ (National Register of Legal Entities). Only parties that have this register are allowed to run candidacies.
Results.
Mayor.
Source: G1
Results for mayor per neighborhoods.
This is a table of results by neighborhoods in Curitiba. The only neighborhoods that do not have polling places are the neighborhoods of Cascatinha, Centro Cívico, Hugo Lange, Lamenha Pequena, Riviera, São João and São Miguel. The voters that live in these places usually tend to vote in other neighborhoods of the city.
Party composition of the Municipal Chamber of Curitiba.
The major winning party in the election in Curitiba was the Democrats (DEM), the party of the incumbent mayor. The Workers' Party (PT) increased its party bench by two councillors. The Social Liberal Party (PSL), the same party of the president of Brazil at that time, Jair Bolsonaro, saw its bench go from zero to three councillors. The Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) had three councillors and after the election it did not elect any councillors. The result of the last municipal election and the current situation in the Municipal Chamber is given below:
Elected councillors.
These are the elected councillors in the 2020 Curitiba city elections.
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