2000 São Paulo mayoral election

The municipal election of the Brazilian city of São Paulo took place on 1 October 2000 and 29 October 2000 to elect a Mayor, a Vice Mayor, and 55 City Councillors for the administration of the city. The incumbent Mayor was Celso Pitta from the National Labor Party (PTN), who didn't run for a reelection because of his low approval ratings.[1]

2000 São Paulo mayoral election

October 1, 2000 (2000-10-01) (First round) October 29, 2000 (2000-10-29) (Second round)
Turnout	84.84%
Candidate Marta Suplicy Paulo Maluf Party PT PPB Running mate Hélio Bicudo Cunha Bueno Popular vote 3,248,115 2,303,623 Percentage 58.51% 41.49%
Mayor before election Celso Pitta PTN Elected Mayor Marta Suplicy PT

Candidates

	No.	Mayor		Vice Mayor		Party/Coalition
	11		Paulo Maluf (PPB)		Cunha Bueno (PPB)	Brazilian Progressive Party (PPB)
	13		Marta Suplicy (PT)		Hélio Bicudo (PT)	"Change São Paulo" PT, PCdoB, PHS, PCB
	16		Fábio Bosco (PSTU)		Zé Geraldo (PSTU)	Unified Workers' Socialist Party (PSTU)
	19		José Masci de Abreu (PTN)		Maria José (PTN)	"São Paulo Demands Respect/Voice of the People" PTN, PST
	20		José Maria Marin (PSC)		Elaine Prado (PSC)	"React São Paulo" PSC, PTdoB
	22		Marcos Cintra (PL)		Vandeval Lima (PL)	Liberal Party (PL)
	25		Romeu Tuma (PFL)		Lamartine Posella (PMDB)	"Clean Hands" PFL, PMDB
	26		Osmar Lins (PAN)		Ivonete Pasternack (PAN)	Party of the Nation's Retirees (PAN)
	27		João Manuel Baptista (PSDC)		Edwal Casoni (PSDC)	Christian Social Democratic Party (PSDC)
	28		Fernando Collor de Mello (PRTB)		Levy Fidelix (PRTB)	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB)
	29		Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)		Cristine Silva (PCO)	Labour Cause's Party (PCO)
	30		Fernando Canindé Pegado (PGT)		José Lião (PGT)	General Party of the Workers (PGT)
	36		Ciro Moura (PRN)		Singoala Candelo (PRN)	Party of National Reconstruction (PRN)
	40		Luiza Erundina (PSB)		Emerson Kapaz (PPS)	"São Paulo Is Us" PSB, PDT, PMN, PPS
	45		Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)		Campos Machado (PTB)	"Respect for São Paulo" PSDB, PTB, PSD, PRP, PV
	56		Enéas Carneiro (PRONA)		Paulo Flores Júnior (PRONA)	Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order (PRONA)

Results

Mayor

Candidate	Vice	1st round 1 October 2000		2nd round[2] 29 October 2000
		Total	Percentage	Total	Percentage
Marta Suplicy (PT)	Hélio Bicudo (PT)	2,105,013	34.40%	3,248,115	58.51%
Paulo Maluf (PPB)	Cunha Bueno (PPB)	960,581	17.40%	2,303,623	41.49%
Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)	Campos Machado (PTB)	952,890	17.26
Romeu Tuma (PFL)	Lamartine Posella (PMDB)	632,658	11.46%
Luiza Erundina (PSB)	Emerson Capaz (PPS)	546,766	9.90%
Enéas Carneiro (PRONA)	Paulo Flores Júnior (PRONA)	190,844	3.46%
Marcos Cintra (PL)	Valdeval Lima (PL)	77,827	1.41%
José Masci de Abreu (PTN)	Maria José Cezar (PTN)	21,131	0.38%
José Maria Marin (PSC)	Elaine Prado (PSC)	9,691	0.16%
Francisco Canindé Pegado (PGT)	José Lião de Almeida (PGT)	6,676	0.12%
Fábio Bosco (PSTU)	José Geraldo Corrêa (PSTU)	6,397	0.12%
Osmar Lins (PAN)	Ivonete Pasternack (PAN)	5,110	0.09%
João Manuel Baptista (PSDC)	Edwal Casoni (PSDC)	2,881	0.05%
Ciro Moura (PRN)	Singoala Candelo (PRN)	1,847	0.03
Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)	Cristine Silva (PCO)	870	0.02%
Fernando Collor de Mello[lower-alpha 1] (PRTB)	Levy Fidelix (PRTB)	0	0.00%
Valid votes		5,521,182	90.23%	5,551,738	85.47%
Blank votes		249,970	4.08%	206,722	3.41%
Null votes		348,166	5.69%	294,997	4.87%
Turnout		6,119,318	85.77%	6,053,457	84.84%
Abstentions		1,015,504	14.23%	1,081,364	15.16%

     Elected
     Second round

1. Collor was still banned from running for public offices until 29 December 2000 because of his impeachment. He also didn't declared a permanent residence in São Paulo to the Regional Electoral Court. As a result, his candidacy was impugnated.[3]

City Councillors

Candidate	Party	Voting[4]
		Percentage	Total
José Eduardo Cardozo	PT	4.24%	229,494
Havanir Nimtz	PRONA	1.61%	87,358
Dr. Farhat	PSD	1.18%	63,620
Arselino Tatto	PT	0.84%	45,541
Devanir Ribeiro	PT	0.75%	40,798
Reginaldo Tripoli	PSDB	0.75%	40,629
Carlos Neder	PT	0.74%	39,968
Milton Leite	PMDB	0.73%	39,716
Vicente Cândido	PT	0.71%	38,654
José Mentor	PT	0.68%	36,728
Bishop Atílio	PTB	0.67%	36,159
Dalton Silvano	PSDB	0.66%	35,850
Italo Cardoso	PT	0.65%	34,987
Claudio Fonseca	PCdoB	0.64%	34,614
Gilson Barreto	PSDB	0.63%	33,845
Pastor Vanderlei de Jesus	PL	0.60%	32,432
Marcos Zerbini	PSDB	0.57%	30,748
Adriano Diogo	PT	0.56%	30,221
José Olímpio	PMDB	0.56%	30,095
Carlos Apolinário	PMDB	0.55%	29,523
Estima	PPB	0.54%	29,132
Ricardo Montoro	PSDB	0.53%	28,774
Dr. Calvo	PSB	0.52%	28,032
Goulart	PMDB	0.51%	27,582
Aldaíza Sposati	PT	0.51%	27,497
Celso Cardoso	PPB	0.51%	27,394
João Antônio	PT	0.51%	27,336
William Woo	PSDB	0.50%	27,101
Myryam Athie	PMDB	0.49%	26,543
Carlos Alberto Jr.	PSDB	0.49%	26,480
Gilberto Natalini	PSDB	0.48%	26,210
Toninho Paiva	PFL	0.48%	25,729
Ana Martins	PCdoB	0.47%	25,194
Carlos Giannazi	PT	0.46%	24,992
Beto	PT	0.46%	24,880
Jooji Hato	PMDB	0.45%	24,018
Dissei	PPB	0.44%	23,874
Antonio Erasmo Dias	PPB	0.44%	23,860
Wadih Mutran	PPB	0.42%	22,570
Lucila	PT	0.41%	22,252
Paulo Frange	PTB	0.41%	22,120
Curiati	PPB	0.40%	21,419
Humberto Martins	PDT	0.39%	21,220
Celso Jatene	PTB	0.39%	21,002
Antonio Carlos Rodrigues	PL	0.39%	20,962
Nabil Bonduki	PT	0.38%	20,737
Viviani Ferraz	PL	0.37%	20,114
Laurindo	PT	0.37%	19,783
Augusto Campos	PT	0.35%	18,880
Amazonas	PCdoB	0.34%	18,498
Toninho Força São Paulo	PSB	0.32%	17,284
Raul Cortez	PPS	0.31%	16,645
Eliseu Gabriel	PDT	0.29%	15,520
Dr. Roger Lin	PPS	0.20%	10,679
Baratão	PRONA	0.04%	2,023

References

1. Roberto de Toledo, José (23 February 1999). "Para paulistano, Pitta é o pior em 13 anos" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
2. "Eleições 2000 - Apuração São Paulo" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 29 October 2000. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
3. "Candidatura de Collor a Prefeitura de SP é impugnada" (in Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. 4 August 2000. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
4. "Veja a lista dos 55 vereadores eleitos em SP" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 2 October 2000. Retrieved 14 February 2018.