# 2020 Rio de Janeiro mayoral election, second round

[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 29, 2020

Eduardo da Costa Paes won with 64.1% of the vote, 28.1 points ahead of Marcelo Bezerra Crivella.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md), November 15, 2020

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

### Second round, 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 | 1,629,319 | 64.1% | Elected |
| Marcelo Bezerra Crivella | REPUBLICANOS | 913,700 | 35.9% |  |

Valid votes: 2,543,019

Turnout: 64.5% (3,131,733 of 4,851,887 registered)

## This race in other years

- November 29, 2020: Eduardo da Costa Paes, 64.1%
- [October 30, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2016-10-30-runoff/mayor.md): Marcelo Bezerra Crivella, 59.4%
- [October 26, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2008-10-26-runoff/mayor.md): Eduardo da Costa Paes, 50.8%
- [October 29, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2000-10-29-runoff/mayor.md): Cesar Epitácio Maia, 51.1%
- [November 15, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/1996-11-15-runoff/mayor.md): Luiz Paulo Fernandez Conde, 62.2%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on November 29, 2020

- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2020-11-15-local.md) (56)

## Sources

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

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2020-11-29-runoff/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rj/rio-de-janeiro/2020-11-29-runoff/mayor.json.