Government of Rio de Janeiro

Sources

• planalto.gov.br · checked Oct 12, 2026 Constitution of Brazil (Constituição Federal, 1988, as amended), arts. 18, 27, 28, read 2026-10-12: states and the Federal District have an elected governor and a unicameral legislature. For: Government of Rio de Janeiro
• planalto.gov.br · checked Oct 12, 2026 Constitution of Brazil arts. 14, 27, 28: governor election method and term; seat counts of the state legislatures (3x federal deputies up to 12, plus one per deputy above 12; federal bench sizes per Lei Complementar 78/1993 as updated). For: Governor of Rio de Janeiro
• pt.wikipedia.org · checked Oct 12, 2026 Wikipedia (pt), Lista de governadores das unidades federativas do Brasil, read 2026-10-12: governor, party and start date. Fallback: Wikipedia, because official state sites were not fetched; cross-checked with news reports. For: Ricardo Couto de Castro as Governor of Rio de Janeiro
• agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br · checked Oct 12, 2026 Agência Brasil, Quando será o segundo turno das eleições, read 2026-10-12: Rio de Janeiro governor run-off on 25 Oct 2026 between Douglas Ruas (PL) and Eduardo Paes (PSD); consistent with Correio da Manhã, Estado de Minas and Midiamax headlines of Oct 2026 (Ruas and Paes go to the second round). Migration 056, ticket 836. For: General election, October 25, 2026
• agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br · checked Oct 12, 2026 Corrected the note: the 2026 Rio de Janeiro governor election was not decided in the first round; Agência Brasil (read 2026-10-12) lists the 25 Oct 2026 run-off between Douglas Ruas (PL) and Eduardo Paes (PSD). Migration 056, ticket 836. For: General election, October 6, 2030
• agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br · checked Oct 12, 2026 Agência Brasil, Quando será o segundo turno das eleições, Oct 2026, read 2026-10-12; BBC Brasil via O Povo 2026-10-11 (which states go to run-off on 2026-10-25); 2030 dates from Constitution art. 28. For: General election, October 6, 2030