# 2004 Sao Paulo mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [São Paulo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp.md) / [São Paulo](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-paulo.md), October 3, 2004

José Serra led with 43.6% of the vote, 7.7 points ahead of Marta Teresa Suplicy.

## Rounds

### Round 1, October 3, 2004

- José Serra, 43.6% (Advanced)
- Marta Teresa Suplicy, 35.8% (Advanced)
- Paulo Salim Maluf, 11.9%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-paulo/2004-10-31-runoff/mayor.md), October 31, 2004

- José Serra, 54.9% (Elected)
- Marta Teresa Suplicy, 45.1%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| José Serra | PSDB | 2,686,396 | 43.6% | Advanced |
| Marta Teresa Suplicy | PT | 2,209,264 | 35.8% | Advanced |
| Paulo Salim Maluf | PP | 734,580 | 11.9% |  |
| Luiza Erundina de Sousa | PSB | 244,090 | 4.0% |  |
| Paulo Pereira da Silva | PDT | 86,549 | 1.4% |  |
| Francisco Rossi de Almeida | PHS | 77,957 | 1.3% |  |
| Havanir Tavares de Almeida Nimtz | PRONA | 47,579 | 0.8% |  |
| José Luiz de França Penna | PV | 43,868 | 0.7% |  |
| Osmar de Oliveira Lins | PAN | 16,339 | 0.3% |  |
| Dirceu Travesso | PSTU | 8,394 | 0.1% |  |
| Ciro Tiziani Moura | PTC | 6,111 | 0.1% |  |
| José Walter Canoas | PCB | 3,138 | 0.1% |  |
| João Manuel Baptista | PSDC | 1,627 | <0.1% |  |
| Anaí Caproni Pinto | PCO | 1,479 | <0.1% |  |

Valid votes: 6,167,371

Turnout: 85.0% (6,609,383 of 7,771,503 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-paulo/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Ricardo Luis Reis Nunes, 59.4%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-paulo/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Bruno Covas Lopes, 59.4%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-paulo/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): João Agripino da Costa Doria Junior, 53.3%
- [October 7, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-paulo/2012-10-07-local/mayor.md): Fernando Haddad, 55.6%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-paulo/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Gilberto Kassab, 60.7%
- October 3, 2004: José Serra, 54.9%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-paulo/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Marta Teresa Suplicy, 58.5%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-paulo/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Celso Roberto Pitta do Nascimento, 62.3%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 3, 2004

- [Sao Paulo Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-paulo/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md)
- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2004-10-03-local.md) (11,118)

## Sources

- [Resultados - 2004](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2004), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution

## On the ballot in São Paulo

- 2004 Sao Paulo mayoral election
- [2004 Sao Paulo Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-paulo/2004-10-03-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-paulo/2004-10-03-local/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/sp/sao-paulo/2004-10-03-local/mayor.json.