# 2020 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj.md) / [Rio de Janeiro](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro.md), November 15, 2020

Eduardo da Costa Paes led with 37.0% of the vote, 15.1 points ahead of Marcelo Bezerra Crivella.

## Rounds

### Round 1, November 15, 2020

- Eduardo da Costa Paes, 37.0% (Advanced)
- Marcelo Bezerra Crivella, 21.9% (Advanced)
- Martha Mesquita da Rocha, 11.3%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2020-11-29-runoff/mayor.md), November 29, 2020

- Eduardo da Costa Paes, 64.1% (Elected)
- Marcelo Bezerra Crivella, 35.9%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eduardo da Costa Paes | DEM | 974,804 | 37.0% | Advanced |
| Marcelo Bezerra Crivella | REPUBLICANOS | 576,825 | 21.9% | Advanced |
| Martha Mesquita da Rocha | PDT | 297,751 | 11.3% |  |
| Benedita Souza da Silva | PT | 296,847 | 11.3% |  |
| Luiz Eduardo Carneiro da Silva de Souza Lima | PSL | 180,336 | 6.8% |  |
| Renata da Silva Souza | PSOL | 85,272 | 3.2% |  |
| Paulo Santos Messina | MDB | 77,093 | 2.9% |  |
| Eduardo Carvalho Bandeira de Mello | REDE | 65,296 | 2.5% |  |
| Frederico Derzié Luz | NOVO | 46,246 | 1.8% |  |
| Glória Heloiza Lima da Silva | PSC | 13,816 | 0.5% |  |
| Clarissa Barros Assed Matheus de Oliveira | PROS | 12,178 | 0.5% |  |
| Sued Nogueira da Silva | PMB | 3,833 | 0.1% |  |
| Cyro Garcia | PSTU | 3,025 | 0.1% |  |

Valid votes: 2,633,322

Turnout: 67.2% (3,261,011 of 4,851,887 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Eduardo da Costa Paes, 61.1%
- November 15, 2020: Eduardo da Costa Paes, 64.1%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Marcelo Bezerra Crivella, 59.4%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Eduardo da Costa Paes, 64.6%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Eduardo da Costa Paes, 50.8%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Cesar Epitácio Maia, 50.1%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Cesar Epitácio Maia, 51.1%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Luiz Paulo Fernandez Conde, 62.2%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on November 15, 2020

- [Rio de Janeiro Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)
- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2020-11-15-local.md) (11,129)

## Sources

- [Resultados - 2020](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2020), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution

## On the ballot in Rio de Janeiro

- 2020 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election
- [2020 Rio de Janeiro Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2020-11-15-local/municipal-chamber.md)

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