Voters from five municipalities in the country also went to the polls this Sunday (6) to participate in popular consultations on issues involving their localities.
Popular consultations were held in two capitals, Belo Horizonte and São Luís, and in the municipalities of Dois Lajeados (RS), Governador Edison Lobão (MA) and São Luiz (RR).
In the capital of Minas Gerais, with 84.3% of the votes, the majority of voters did not approve the change in Belo Horizonte’s flag. Around 1 million votes were recorded against the measure, which had been approved by the municipal legislature.
In São Luís, voters in the capital of Maranhão spoke out in favor of a free student pass on public transport. The proposal won with 89.9% of the votes (523.7 thousand votes).
With 83.8% of the votes (11 thousand), Governor Edison Lobão’s electorate approved the change of the city’s name to Ribeirãozinho do Maranhão.
São Luiz (RR) will be renamed São Luiz do Anauá. Approval occurred with 83.4% of the votes (4 thousand).
The voters of Dois Lajeados (RS) did not approve the construction of the municipality’s new administrative center in the João de Pizzo Municipal Events Park area. The negative was due to the contrary expression of 81.4% of the electorate (2.2 thousand votes).
The second round of the mayoral race will be held on October 27 in 50 municipalities with more than 200,000 voters.
In these cities, none of the candidates for mayor received more than half of the valid votes, excluding blank and invalid votes, in the first round.
There is no second round for the race for the City Council.
Referendum x Plebiscite
The capital of Maranhão and the municipalities of Governador Edison Lobão (MA), São Luiz (RR) and Dois Lajeados (RS) held plebiscites. In Belo Horizonte a referendum took place.
Referendums and plebiscites are two types of popular consultations. In the plebiscite, the population is consulted before implementing a law on the topic under discussion. With the referendum, the electorate can confirm or reject a law approved by the Legislature.
