March 25, 2022

15:03

Luana Carvalho and Malu Dacio – from Cenarium Agency

MANAUS – Estimulated research conducted by the Pontual Institute, between March 10 and 23, in ten municipalities of Amazonas, repeats the scenario of the 2018 elections and points out that the governor of Amazonas Wilson Lima (Union) and Amazonino Mendes (No party) will face each other in the second round of elections this year. Amazonino figures with 30.5% of the voting intentions and Wilson Lima, with 20.9%.

From a total of 2.2 thousand voters heard, 1.2 thousand of them in the capital and 1 thousand in the interior of the state, Senator Eduardo Braga (MDB), who announced his pre-candidacy for governor of Amazonas, received 16.1% of the voting intentions, placing third in the ranking.

Licensed state representative Ricardo Nicolau (Solidarity), appears in the survey with 5.3% of the vote. In the sequence, the only woman in the race, Carol Braz (PDT), received 3.6% of the vote intentions. After her, the former deputy and former vice-governor Henrique Oliveira (Pros) with 3.2%.

2018

This is not the first time that Wilson Lima and Amazonino Mendes are adversaries. The political tie between the two also happened in the 2018 municipal elections, equally in state elections that resulted in the victory of Lima’s debutant over Amazonino, who has been governor four times.

In the elections that made him Governor of the State of Amazonas, in the first round, Wilson Lima obtained 33.75% with 596,556 votes when he was still in the PSC and Amazonino Mendes, who was affiliated with PDT received 578,383 votes, adding up to 32.72%. Coadjuvant in the dispute, the current mayor of Manaus David Almeida came in third place in the dispute with 23.60% of the votes.

Wilson’s victory came in the second round. Data from the Superior Electoral Court, show that Wilson had more than 1 million of the valid votes, frustrating Mendes’ dream for a fifth term. Wilson Lima received 1.033.950 votes being 58,50% against 41,50%. 

Research

Blank or spoiled votes add up to 13.1% and undecided votes are 7.3%. The data were released last Friday, 25, by the Pontual Institute, with registration no. AM-07769/22, at the Regional Electoral Court (TRE).

It was applied 2,240 interviews and the study determined a margin of error of 2.07% with a confidence interval of 95%. The survey was conducted in the capital and in Itacoatiara, Manacapuru, Parintins, Coari, Tefé, Maués, Iranduba, Tabatinga, and Manicoré.