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Brazil re-elects left-wing president
but most governors are centre-right

By Janaina Rochido

18 November 2006: In elections often marked by doubt and surprise, Brazil re-elected its left-wing president but most state governors come from the centre-right of the political spectrum. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT  - Workers Party) won in the second round of the election with almost 61 per cent of the vote. His opponent Sao Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB – Brazilian Social Democracy Party) received 39 per cent. At state level, left-wing and centre-left parties provide nine governors, while 17 newly elected governors belong to centre-right and right-wing parties.

Brazil’s state governors elected in 2006

North Region

State

Elected governor

Party

Politics

Amazonas

Eduardo Braga

PMDB

Centre-right

Para

Ana Julia Carepa

PT

Left-wing

Acre

Binho Marques

PT

Left-wing

Rondonia

Ivo Cassol

PPS

Centre-right

Roraima

Ottomar

PSDB

Right-wing

Amapa

Waldez

PDT

Left-wing

Tocantins

Marcelo Miranda

PMDB

Centre-right

North-East Region

State

Elected governor

Party

Politics

Rio Grande do Norte

Vilma

PSB

Centre-left

Ceara

Cid Gomes

PSB

Centre-left

Pernambuco

Eduardo Campos

PSB

Centre-left

Bahia

Jacques Vagner

PT

Left-wing

Alagoas

Teotonio Vilela Filho

PSDB

Centre-right

Sergipe

Deda

PT

Left-wing

ParaÌba

Cassio

PSDB

Centre-right

Maranhao

Jackson Lago

PDT

Left-wing

Centre-West Region

State

Elected governor

Party

Politics

Distrito Federal

Arruda

Democrats

Right-wing

Mato Grosso

Blairo Maggi

PPS

Centre-left

Mato Grosso do Sul

Andre Puccinelli

PMDB

Centrist

Goias

Alcides Rodrigues

PP

Right-wing

South-East Region

State

Elected governor

Party

Politics

Sao Paulo

Jose Serra

PSDB

Centre-right

Minas Gerais

Aecio Neves

PSDB

Centre-right

Rio de Janeiro

Sergio Cabral

PMDB

Centrist

EspÌrito Santo

Paulo Hartung

PMDB

Centrist

South Region

State

Elected governor

Party

Politics

Rio Grande do Sul

Yeda Crusius

PSDB

Centre-right

Santa Catarina

Luiz Henrique da Silveira

PMDB

Centrist

Parana

Roberto Requiao

PMDB

Centrist


Brazil's political parties
PT (Partido dos Trabalhadores/ Workers Party) left-wing
PDT
(Partido Democrata Trabalhista/ Labour Democrat Party) left-wing, populist
PPS
(Partido Progressista Social/ Social Progressive Party) centre-left
PSB
(Partido Socialista Brasieliro/ Brazilian Socialist Party) centre-left
PMDB
(Partido do Movimento Democratico Brasileiro/ Brazilian Democratic Movement Party) centrist
PSDB
(Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira/ Brazilian Social Democracy Party) centre-right
Democrats
(formerly Partido da Frente Liberal/ Liberal Front Party) right-wing
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