2024 Curitiba mayoral election

The 2024 Curitiba mayoral election will take place on the city of Curitiba, Brazil on 6 October 2024. Voters will elect a mayor, a vice mayor, and 38 councillors. The incumbent mayor, Rafael Greca (PSD) isn't eligible for a new term, since he was elected in 2016 and reelected in 2020.

If the most voted candidate on the first round doesn't achieve more than 50% of the votes, a second round will happen on 27 October 2024. The mayor's term will begin on 1 January 2025 and end on 31 December 2028.

2020 Curitiba mayoral election
The last mayoral election in Curitiba, held in 2020, resulted in the victory of incumbent Rafael Greca, from the Democrats (DEM), in the first round. Greca obtained 499,821 votes or 59.74% of the valid votes. In the second place, the state deputy Goura Nataraj, from the Democratic Labor Party (PDT) only obtained 110,977 or around 13.26% of the valid votes and the other candidates did not reach double digits in vote percentages.

Greca's victory in the first round is linked to the enormous popularity he had and still has in the city. In December 2023, the mayor's management was approved by around 73% of Curitiba's inhabitants. As he is in his second consecutive term, Greca cannot run for re-election, due to limitations imposed by the Federal Constitution. There is speculation that the current Vice Mayor of Curitiba, Eduardo Pimentel, will be his successor.

Electorate
In February 2024, Curitiba had around 1,419,395 people eligible to vote, an increase of 5% in the electorate compared to the last election and around 80% of the city's population eligible to vote (1,773,718), according to the 2022 Brazilian Demographic Census. The city is divided into ten electoral zones (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 145th, 174th, 175th, 176th, 177th and 178th). Voters have until 8 May 2024 to make their first copy of the electoral title or regularize it with the biometric registration.

Potential candidates
Brazil Union (UNIÃO)


 * Ney Leprevost – Councillor of Curitiba (1997–2006), member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraná (2007–2018; 2023–present), member of the Chamber of Deputies from Paraná (2019–2023), candidate in the 2016 Curitiba mayoral election, journalist and businessman.

Brazil Socialist Party (PSB)


 * Luciano Ducci – Member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraná (2003–2004), Vice Mayor of Curitiba (2005–2010), Mayor of Curitiba (2010–2013), member of the Chamber of Deputies from Paraná (2015–present), candidate in the 2012 Curitiba mayoral election and physician.

Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB)


 * Beto Richa – Member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraná (1995–2001), Vice Mayor of Curitiba (2001–2005), Mayor of Curitiba (2005–2010), Governor of Paraná (2011–2018), member of the Chamber of Deputies from Paraná (2023–present) and engineer.

Democratic Labour Party (PDT)


 * Goura Nataraj – Councillor of Curitiba (2017–2019), member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraná (2019–present), candidate in the 2020 Curitiba mayoral election and philosopher.

Solidarity (Solidariedade)

Brazilian Woman's Party (PMB)
 * Luizão Goulart – Councillor of Pinhais (1997–2005), president of the Municipal Chamber of Pinhais (2001–2002), Mayor of Pinhais (2009–2017), member of the Chamber of Deputies from Paraná (2019–2023) and teacher.

National Mobilization (MOBILIZA)
 * Cristina Graeml – Journalist of Gazeta do Povo.

Progressistas (PP)
 * Roberto Requião – Member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraná (1983–1986), Mayor of Curitiba (1986–1989), Governor of Paraná (1991–1994; 2003–2010), Senator for Paraná (1995–2003; 2011–2019), lawyer, journalist and urban planner.


 * Maria Victoria Barros – Member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraná (2015–present) and candidate for mayor of Curitiba in the 2016 elections.

United Socialist Workers' Party (PSTU)

Cidadania
 * Samuel Mattos – Mailman and mathematician. Candidate for Vice Mayor in the 2020 Curitiba mayoral election.


 * David Antunes – Coordinator of Casa LGBT CWB and candidate for state deputy in the 2022 Paraná state elections.

Withdrawn candidates

 * Bruno Meirinho (PSOL) – Candidate for mayor of Curitiba in the 2008 elections and in the 2012 elections. Lawyer. The Socialism and Liberty Party, in a board meeting, decided on 13 April 2024 to officially support the potential candidacy of Andrea Caldas, thus removing the possibility of Meirinho becoming the party's nominee in the election.


 * Deltan Dallagnol (NOVO) – Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Paraná (2023) and retired federal prosecutor. The former Lava Jato prosecutor announced the withdrawal of his potential candidacy on 3 May 2024. He states that he will dedicate himself to campaigns and the training of his own party's politicians throughout Brazil.
 * Carol Dartora (PT) – Councillor of Curitiba (2021–2023) and member of the Chamber of Deputies from Paraná (2023–present).
 * Zeca Dirceu (PT) – Mayor of Cruzeiro do Oeste (2005–2010), member of the Chamber of Deputies from Paraná (2011–present) and businessman.
 * Felipe Mongruel (PT) – Lawyer.
 * Paulo Martins (PL) – Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Paraná (2016; 2019–2023) and journalist. The Liberal Party nominated Martins as the running mate of Pimentel on 25 May 2024.
 * Ricardo Arruda (PL) – Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Paraná (2013) and member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraná (2015–present).

The Workers' Party, through its National Executive, formally announced its support for the potential candidacy of former mayor Luciano Ducci on 27 May 2024. Due to this decision, it is unlikely that any of the party's potential candidates would be able to launch a candidacy. However, these former candidates can still have an appeal to the Workers' Party National Directorate, which has already signaled that it intends to support other candidacies from other parties that are supporting the government in the National Congress, such as the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) itself. Dartora and Mongruel decided to not appeal the decision of the National Executive, putting an end once and for all to the aspirations of having their own mayoral candidacies. Only Dirceu decided to appeal to the National Directorate. The appeal does not yet have a date to be analyzed. Along with the Workers' Party itself, the other parties that belong to the Brazil of Hope alliance, such as the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) and the Green Party (PV), will also support Ducci's candidacy.

Outgoing Municipal Chamber
The result of the last municipal election and the current situation in the Municipal Chamber is given below:

First round
2024 2023

Second round
These are the hypothetical scenarios of a second round.

Luciano Ducci and Eduardo Pimentel Luciano Ducci and Ney Leprevost Luciano Ducci and Roberto Requião Ney Leprevost and Eduardo Pimentel Ney Leprevost and Roberto Requião Eduardo Pimentel and Roberto Requião Hypothetical scenario with Deltan Dallagnol

Rejection of candidates
In some opinion polls, the interviewee can choose more than one alternative (the so-called "multiple rejection"), therefore, the sum of the percentages of all candidates can exceed 100% of the votes in some scenarios.