{"id":504,"date":"2008-10-06T18:45:53","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T22:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=2"},"modified":"2010-03-09T17:02:05","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T17:02:05","slug":"election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/election-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was election day in Brazil, when Brazilians voted for mayor and city councilmen. Though some mayors have been officially elected, others have not. To be elected, the candidate must get at least 50% of the votes. If he gets less, there is a run-off between the top two candidates. Let’s take a look at some of the results:<\/p>\n

Mayor of Curitiba: Beto Richa \"\"<\/p>\n

Mayor of Fortaleza: Luizianne Lins<\/p>\n

Mayor of Goi\u00e2nia: Iris Rezende<\/p>\n

Mayor of Recife: Jo\u00e3o da Costa<\/p>\n

The following cities are going to have run-off elections between the top two candidates:<\/p>\n

Rio de Janeiro: Eduardo P\u00e3es and Fernando Gabeira<\/p>\n

S\u00e3o Paulo: Marta Suplicy and Gilberto Kassab<\/p>\n

Belo Horizonte: Marcio Lacerda and Leandro Quint\u00e3o<\/p>\n

Porto Alegre: Jos\u00e9 Foga\u00e7a and Maria do Ros\u00e1rio<\/p>\n

Salvador: Jo\u00e3o Carneiro and Walter Pinheiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Yesterday was election day in Brazil, when Brazilians voted for mayor and city councilmen. Though some mayors have been officially elected, others have not. To be elected, the candidate must get at least 50% of the votes. If he gets less, there is a run-off between the top two candidates. Let’s take a look at…<\/p>\n

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