2024 Salvador mayoral election

The 2024 Salvador municipal election will take place in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil on 6 October 2024. Voters will elect a mayor, vice mayor, and 43 city council members. The incumbent mayor, Bruno Soares Reis, of the Brazil Union (UNIÃO), is able to run for a second term.

2024 Salvador municipal election

6 October 2024 (2024-10-06) (first round) 27 October 2024 (2024-10-27) (second round, if necessary)

Mayoral election

Incumbent Mayor Bruno Soares Reis UNIÃO

Parliamentary election

Party Leader Current seats Municipal Chamber FE Brasil — 7 UNIÃO — 6 PP — 6 PSDB-Cidadania — 5 Republicanos — 3 PODE — 3 PDT — 2 PRD — 2 PL — 2 MDB — 1 PSOL — 1 MOBILIZA — 1 PSD — 1 PSB — 1 Solidarity — 1 Avante — 1

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.

Background

2020 Salvador mayoral election

The last mayoral election in Rio de Janeiro, held in 2020, resulted in a largest victory of Bruno Reis (DEM) in the first round. Reis had been vice mayor of the municipality under popular incumbent ACM Neto. His election was viewed as a continued endorsement of ACM Neto's mayorship.

Reis later supported ACM Neto's unsuccessful candidacy for governor in 2022.

Electoral calendar

Electoral calendar announced by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) on 3 January 2024

7 March – 5 April	Period of the 'party window' for councillors. During this period, the councillors are able to move to other political parties in order to run for election while not losing their respective political terms.
6 April	Deadline for all parties and party federations to obtain the registration of their statutes at the Superior Electoral Court and for all candidates to have their electoral domicile in the constituency in which they wish to contest the elections with the affiliation granted by the party.
15 May	Start of the preliminary fundraising campaign in the form of collective financing for potential candidates. During this period, candidates are not allowed to ask for votes and are still subjected to obey the rules regarding electoral propaganda on the Internet.
20 July – 5 August	On this date, party conventions begin to deliberate on coalitions and choose candidates for mayors and councillors tickets. Parties have until 15 August to register their names with the Brazilian Election Justice.
16 August	Beginning of electoral campaigns on an equal basis, with any advertising or demonstration explicitly requesting for votes before the date being considered irregular and subject to fines.
30 August – 3 October	Broadcasting of free electoral propaganda on radio and television.
6 October	Date of mayoral elections.
27 October	Date of a possible second round in cities with more than 200,000 voters in which the most voted candidate for mayor has not reached 50% of the valid votes.