Amazonas chooses its new governor this Monday (4) in an indirect election. The dispute should endorse state deputy Roberto Cidade (), who, in turn, should run for state succession in October and shake up the scenario of the dispute for government.
Roberto Cidade is president of the Legislative Assembly and took over the government on an interim basis in April after the governor (União Brasil) and his deputy Tadeu de Souza () surprised the political community by resigning an hour before the end of the non-compatibilization period.
The maneuver meant that the Assembly had to call an indirect election for a buffer term that runs until January 2027.
In total, five candidates registered candidacies to run for state government in the indirect election. In addition to Roberto Cidade, the only one in the dispute who holds an elected position, William Bittar (), Sérgio Bezerra (Novo), Daniel Araújo () and Cícero Alencar (DC) are running for office.
The official list of candidacies was published in the Official Gazette of the Legislature, which also opened a deadline for challenges. The choice of the buffer governor rests exclusively with the 24 state deputies. Voting is scheduled for 9am this Monday.
If Roberto Cidade confirms his favoritism and is chosen as buffer governor, the tendency is for him to be a candidate for re-election in October.
The candidacy must change the electoral table, which has names such as senator Omar Aziz (PSD), businesswoman Maria do Carmo Seffair () and former mayor David Almeida () in the running for government.
Aziz is the candidate supported by the president (PT), while Maria do Carmo will lead Flávio Bolsonaro’s platform. David Almeida and Roberto Cidade remain equidistant from the presidential race. Amazonas is the second largest electoral college in the North region, with 2.7 million voters.
Roberto Cidade began his political career in 2016 as a councilor in Manaus and is currently a second-term state deputy. In 2024, he ran for mayor of the capital with the support of Governor Wilson Lima, but came in fourth.
Former governor Wilson Lima will be a candidate for the . while Tadeu de Souza will run for a seat in the .
