Maranhão gubernatorial election, 2010

Maranhão gubernatorial election, 2010

October 3, 2010

Nominee Roseana Sarney (inc.) Flávio Dino Jackson Lago Party PMDB PCdoB PDT Running mate Washington Luiz de Oliveira Miosótis Lúcio Luiz Carlos Porto Popular vote 1,459,792 859,402 569,412 Percentage 50.08% 29.49% 19.54%

Governor before election Roseana Sarney PMDB Elected Governor Roseana Sarney PMDB

The Maranhão gubernatorial election was held on October 3, 2010 to elect the next Governor of Maranhão. Incumbent Governor Roseana Sarney was reelected for a second term.^[1]

Candidates

Candidate	Running mate	Coalition[2]
Jackson PDT	Luiz Carlos Porto PSDB	"O Povo é Maior" (PDT, PSDB, PTC)
Roseana PMDB	Washington Luiz de Oliveira PT	"O Maranhão Não Pode Parar" (PMDB, PT, PRB, PP, PTB, PSL, PTN, PSC, PR, DEM, PRTB, PMN, PV, PRP, PTdoB, PHS)
Marcos Silva PSTU	Hertz Dias PSTU	-
Josivaldo PCB	Joselita PCB	-
Saulo PSOL	Cleumir PSOL	-
Dino PCdoB	Miosótis PPS	"Muda Maranhão" (PCdoB, PPS, PSB)

Election Results

Maranhão Gubernatorial Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PMDB	Roseana Sarney	1,459,792	50.08%
	PCdoB	Flávio Dino	859,402	29.49%
	PDT	Jackson Lago	569,412	19.54%
	PSTU	Marcos Silva	14,685	0.5%
	PSOL	Saulo Arcangeli	8,898	0.31%
	PCB	Josivaldo Corrêa	2,518	0.09%
Majority			600,390	20.59%
	PMDB hold		Swing

References

1. http://placar.eleicoes.uol.com.br/2010//1turno/ma/
2. http://divulgacand2010.tse.jus.br/divulgacand2010/jsp/framesetPrincipal.jsp