Of the country’s 10 Capital Cities where recent vote intention polls were carried out, eight of them will probably go to the runoffs. Only in Curitiba (Beto Richa, of the PSDB, has 72%) and in Goiânia (Iris Rezende, of the PMDB, has 67.6%) the election might be defined in first-round voting.

 

 

Capital	Situation (%)
Belém	Duciomar Costa (PTB)*: 29%  Valéria Pires Franco (DEM): 24% Ibope (July 7-10, 2008)
Belo Horizonte	Jô Moraes (PCdoB): 20%  Leonardo Quintão (PMDB): 9% Márcio Larcerda (PSB): 6% Datafolha (July 23 and 24, 2008)
Curitiba	Beto Richa (PSDB)*: 72%  Datafolha (July 23 and 24, 2008)
Fortaleza	Moroni Torgan (DEM): 30%  Luizianne Lins (PT)*: 26% Patrícia Saboya (PDT): 21% Vox Populi (July 11 and 12, 2008)
Goiânia	Íris Rozende (PMDB)*: 67,6%  Sandes Júnior (PP): 15,2% Serpes (June 25 and 27)
Porto Alegre	José Fogaça (PMDB)*: 29%  Maria do Rosário (PT): 20% Manuela D’Ávila (PCdoB): 18% Datafolha (July 23 and 24, 2008)
Rio de Janeiro	Marcelo Crivela (PRB): 24%  Jandira Feghali (PCdoB): 16% Eduardo Paes (PMDB): 13% Datafolha (July 23 and 24, 2008)
Recife	Mendonça Neto (DEM): 30%  Cadoca (PSC): 22% João da Costa (PT): 22% Datafolha (July 23 and 24, 2008)
Salvador	ACM Neto (DEM): 27%  Antonio Embassahy (PSDB): 25% João Henrique Carneiro (PMDB)*: 19% Datafolha (23 e 24/07/08)
São Paulo	Marta Suplicy (PT): 36%  Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB): 32% Gilberto Kassab (DEM)*: 11% Datafolha (July 23 and 24, 2008)

*running for reelection