2026 Alagoas general election

2026 Alagoas general election
4 October 2026 (first round)
25 October 2026 (second round, if needed)

The 2026 Alagoas general election will be held on 4 October 2026 in the Brazilian state of Alagoas as part of the 2026 general election. Voters will elect a Governor, a Vice Governor, two Senators, 9 representatives to the Chamber of Deputies, and 27 members of the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas. If no candidate for governor receives a majority of the valid votes in the first round, a runoff will be held on 25 October 2026.

Incumbent governor Paulo Dantas, elected to a first full term in 2022 after an indirect election earlier that year, announced in October 2025 that he would not seek any office in 2026 and would complete his term.[1] The two Senate seats up for election — those won in 2018 by Renan Calheiros and Rodrigo Cunha — are also contested; Cunha resigned his seat to serve as Vice Mayor and later Mayor of Maceió, with his alternate Eudócia Caldas taking office in the interim.[2]

Background

Paulo Dantas, a protégé of Senator Renan Calheiros, took office as governor in May 2022 after being indirectly elected by the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas to complete the term of Renan Filho, who had resigned to run for the Senate. Dantas subsequently won the October 2022 runoff against Rodrigo Cunha for a first full term. In December 2025, Renan Filho — then Minister of Transport in the Third Lula government — confirmed he would leave the cabinet to run for governor, with Dantas's public endorsement.[3] Renan Filho formally left the Ministry of Transport in April 2026 during the desincompatibilização deadline; on the same day, João Henrique Caldas resigned as Mayor of Maceió, with Vice Mayor Rodrigo Cunha succeeding him.[4]

The race is widely framed as a new chapter in the long-running rivalry between the Calheiros family, led by Senator Renan Calheiros, and the Lira family, led by former Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Arthur Lira, whose father Benedito de Lira died in 2025.[5]

Electoral system

The governor and vice governor are elected on a joint ticket by a two-round system: a candidate who receives more than half of the valid votes in the first round is elected outright; otherwise, the top two candidates advance to a runoff. Senators are elected by simple plurality, with each voter casting ballots for two candidates since two of the state's three Senate seats are up for election. Federal and state deputies are elected by open-list proportional representation.

Gubernatorial election

Governor Previous office Vice Governor Previous office Coalition Ref.
Party
Federation		 Candidate Party
Federation		 Candidate
MDB Renan Filho Minister of Transport
(2023–2026)		 TBD TBD N/a (MDB, FE Brasil (PT, PCdoB, and PV), PSD, Republicanos, PODE, Fed. Solidarity Renewal (PRD and SD), and AVANTE) [6][7]
PSDB
Fed. PSDB/CID		 JHC Mayor of Maceió
(2021–2026)		 PDT Ronaldo Lessa Vice Governor
of Alagoas
(2023–2026)		 (Fed. PSDB/CID (PSDB and Cidadania) and PDT) [6][8][9]

Candidates

  • Renan Filho, economist, former Minister of Transport (2023–2026), former Senator for Alagoas (2023), former Governor of Alagoas (2015–2022), former Federal Deputy (2011–2015), and former Mayor of Murici (2005–2010).
  • João Henrique Caldas (JHC), lawyer, former Mayor of Maceió (2021–2026), former Federal Deputy (2015–2021), and former State Deputy (2011–2015); pre-candidate who resigned the mayoralty on 4 April 2026 but had not formally confirmed his ticket as of that date.


Senate election

Two Senate seats are contested. The principal declared candidates include:

Senator Previous office Alternate Coalition Ref.
Party
Federation		 Candidate Party
Federation		 Candidate
Republicanos Davi Davino Filho State Deputy for
Alagoas
(2015–2023)		 (MDB, FE Brasil (PT, PCdoB, and PV), PSD, Republicanos, PODE, Fed. Solidarity Renewal (PRD and SD), and AVANTE) [10]
PP
Fed. UPB		 Arthur Lira President of the Chamber
of Deputies
(2021–2025)		 (Fed. UPB (UNIÃO and PP) and PL) [11][12]
MDB Renan Calheiros Senator for
Alagoas
(1995–2026)		 (MDB, FE Brasil (PT, PCdoB, and PV), PSD, Republicanos, PODE, Fed. Solidarity Renewal (PRD and SD), and AVANTE) [13]
PL Alfredo Gaspar Federal Deputy for
Alagoas
(2023–2026)		 (Fed. UPB (UNIÃO and PP) and PL) [14][12][15]
PSDB
Fed. PSDB/CID		 Eudócia Caldas Senator for
Alagoas
(2025–2026)		 (Fed. PSDB/CID (PSDB and Cidadania) and PDT) [16]

Chamber of Deputies election

Alagoas's nine seats in the federal Chamber of Deputies will be contested under open-list proportional representation. Outgoing Federal Deputy Arthur Lira has announced that his son Álvaro Lira will run for his seat.[17]

Legislative Assembly election

All 27 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas will be contested.

References

  1. ↑ "Paulo Dantas será candidato em Alagoas em 2026?". Jornal Extra de Alagoas.
  2. ↑ "Quem é Rodrigo Cunha e qual sua trajetória política em Alagoas?". Jornal Extra de Alagoas.
  3. ↑ "Governador de Alagoas confirma apoio à candidatura de Renan Filho no estado". CNN Brasil. 23 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "JHC renuncia, faz mistério sobre futuro e mantém cenário aberto em Alagoas". Movimento Econômico. 5 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Os favoritos dos alagoanos para o Senado, segundo nova pesquisa". CartaCapital. 24 September 2025.
  6. 1 2 JOTA, Redação (6 February 2026). "Quem são os possíveis candidatos a governador de Alagoas nas eleições 2026". JOTA Jornalismo. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Frente ampla liderada por Renan Filho chega a dez partidos". 7Segundos. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Redação (10 April 2026). "JHC confirma pré-candidatura ao Governo de Alagoas". Cada Minuto. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  9. ↑ SBT (24 April 2026). "Vice rompe com grupo dos Calheiros e sela aliança com JHC para eleição em Alagoas". SBT News. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  10. ↑ GazetaWeb (3 June 2026). "Davi fecha aliança com Novo, mantém Senado e descarta vice de JHC". GazetaWeb. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Arthur Lira anuncia pré-candidatura ao Senado Federal por Alagoas". g1. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  12. 1 2 "Alfredo Gaspar e Arthur Lira: aliança para o Senado em Alagoas". g1. 1 June 2026. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Renan Calheiros será candidato a qual cargo em Alagoas em 2026?". Jornal Extra de Alagoas. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  14. ↑ Peres, Sarah (14 April 2026). "Relator da CPMI do INSS oficializa candidatura ao Senado". Revista Oeste. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Alfredo Gaspar anuncia pré-candidatura ao Senado por Alagoas". g1. 14 April 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  16. ↑ GazetaWeb (26 April 2026). "Médica e evangélica: senadora vai à reeleição e embola jogo em AL". GazetaWeb. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "Lira confirma candidatura ao Senado e prepara filho como sucessor na Câmara". Folha de Alagoas. 21 July 2025.
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