Next day october 2, when the first round of the 2022 Elections will take place, 14 senators will seek re-election for another eight-year term. In total, there are 237 applicants for 27 vacancies in dispute. The average is 8.7 candidates per vacancy. It is the most competitive Senate race in at least 30 years, according to data from the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
Senators Dário Berger (PSB-SC), Álvaro Dias (Podemos-PR), Romário (PL-RJ), Rose de Freitas (MDB-ES), Alexandre Silveira (PSD-MG), Wellington Fagundes ( PL-MT), Otto Alencar (PSD-BA), Katia Abreu (PP-TO), Davi Alcolumbre (União Brasil-AP), Acir Gurgacz (PDT-RO), Omar Aziz (PSD-AM) and Telmário Mota (Pros -RR). Guaracy Batista da Silveira (Avante-TO) and Roberto Rocha (PTB-MA).
The Senate has seven other parliamentarians with a mandate in its final stretch who will not run for any office in 2022: Fernando Bezerra Coelho (MDB-PE), Luiz do Carmo (PSC-GO), Maria do Carmo Alves (PP-SE), Nilda Gondim (MDB-PB), Paulo Rocha (PT-PA), Reguffe (No party) and Tasso Jereissati (PSDB-CE).
close dispute
In some states, the Senate race is even fiercer than average. The river of January, for example, has 13 candidates for the Senate, followed by Distrito Federal, Pará and Tocantins — with 12 candidates each. The states with the least competition are Alagoas and Maranhão, with 5 candidates. Bahia, Ceará and Mato Grosso do Sul have 6 suitors each.
While deputies have a four-year term, senators have an eight-year term. In 2022, the term of a senator from each state ends, that is, this year the candidates compete for only one seat. In the 2026 elections, therefore, the number of seats will double compared to this year and two senators per state will be elected.
*With information from the Senate Agency
