2024 Cuiabá mayoral election

2024 Cuiabá mayoral election
Incumbent Mayor; Emanuel Pinheiro; MDB	; ;
	Parliamentary election
Municipal Chamber

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 will be held on October 27 as no candidate achieved 50% in the first round for mayor.

The incumbent mayor is Emanuel Pinheiro of the Brazilian Democratic Movement. Pinheiro was elected to his second term in 2020 meaning he was not able to run for reelection.

Federal Deputy Abilio Brunini of the Liberal Party and Lúdio Cabral of the Workers' Party advanced to the second round, defeating Eduardo Botelho of the Brazil Union, the candidate of governor Mauro Mendes, and Domingos Kennedy of the MDB, the candidate of Pinheiro.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Electoral calendar

Electoral calendar announced by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) on 3 January 2024^[4]
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


				Coalition	Ref
Liberal Party (PL 22)	Abilio Brunini Federal Deputy (2023–present) Councillor of Cuiabá (2017–2021)	Liberal Party (PL )	Coronel Vânia Military policewoman	Rescuing Cuiabá PL, NOVO, PRTB and DC	^[5]
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)	^[6]
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)	^[7]
Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB 15)	Kennedy Businessman	Democratic Labour Party (PDT )	Miriam Calazans Manager	For the Love of Cuiabá MDB and PDT	^[8]