After the results of this Sunday, in addition to the dispute that will take place in the second round of the elections in Brazil, there are already some changes in relation to the governors and senators. And in a country where the majority of the population is female, only two states will be governed by women from 2023. In these elections, there were 27 seats available for governors, of which 25 will be filled by men.
THE The sure winner is, for now, Fátima Bezerra, who ran for the governorship of Rio Grande do Norte, where, by the way, he has already held that position. Rio Grande do Norte is historically associated with the Labor Party, which is precisely the party of the former teacher. Fátima Bezerra obtained more than one million votes, equivalent to 58.31% of the total votesahead of the Solidarity party candidate, Fábio Dantas, who obtained less than half of the votes of the PT candidate.
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What Fátima Bezerra was the most votedThus he managed to secure the governorship. If he failed to reach 50% + 1, he would have to run in the second round with the second most voted candidate, a rule valid only for the election of president and governors.
This is precisely what happened in Pernambuco, where two women took first and second place. So, although it is not known who it will be, there is one certainty: it will be a woman who will govern this state. The contest will then be between Marília Arraes, from the Solidarity party, who received 23.97% of the votes, and Raquel Lyra, from the PSDB, who received 20.58%. And these were the only women to run for the position, which will be responsible, for example, for public safety.
The number of governors this year is, however, lower than what was achieved in the last elections of 2018, the year in which Brazil had three female governors. In addition to Fátima Bezerra, who has now been re-elected, the Brazilian electorate decided to elect Regina Sousa, from the PT, to govern the state of Piauí, and Izolda Cela, an independent candidate, to govern the state of Ceará.
Source: Observadora
