The elected mayors Emília Corrêa (Aracaju-SE), from PL, and Adriane Lopes (Campo Grande-MS), from the PP, are the only women who will head municipal administrations among all Brazilian capitals from 2025 onwards. They won the second round elections, this Sunday (27). 
Another six candidates reached the dispute in the second round in capitals: Rose Modesto (in Campo Grande), from União, Natália Bonavides (in Natal), from PT, Janad Valcari (in Palmas), from PL, Maria do Rosário (in Porto Alegre ), from PT, Cristina Graeml (in Curitiba), from PMB, and Mariana Carvalho (in Porto Velho), from União. The number represents a drop compared to 2020, when the candidates in the second round were 20.
Increase
In the first round, among all municipalities, 724 women were elected, which represents 13% of the cities that resolved the dispute on October 6th. In 2020, 663 cities elected women (12%).
According to a survey by the General Consultancy of the Chamber of Deputies, the number of women elected (including mayors and councilors) in 2024 increased by two percentage points compared to the 2020 elections. They represent 17.92% of those elected this year. In the last elections, it was 15.83%. Four years ago, of the 58 thousand councilor vacancies, 9.3 thousand (or 16.13%) were women. In 2024, of the 58.3 thousand vacancies, 10.6 thousand (18.24%) were occupied by them.
2020
In 2020, no woman was elected in the capitals, while in cities with more than 200 thousand inhabitants, they won in eight: Suellen Silva (in Bauru-SP), from Patriota, Raquel Chini (in Praia Grande-SP), from PSDB, Raquel Lyra (in Caruaru-PE), from PSDB, Elisa Gonçalves (in Uberaba-MG), from Solidariedade, Elizabeth Silveira (in Ponta Grossa-PR), from PSD, Marília Campo (in Contagem-MG), from PT, Margarida Salomão (in Juiz de Fora – MG), from PT, and Paula Mascarenhas (in Pelotas – RS), from PSDB.
