Right-wing politics wins municipal power as left has chance of renewal
If the first round of the Brazilian elections consolidated the right as the largest force among the total municipalities of the country, the second round strengthened the center in the Southeast region. It also empowered left-wing leaders who broke the monopoly held before by the Workers' Party (PT), a party that has elected in the past nine mayors of state capitals in one single election and this time has elected none.
The victory in Rio de Janeiro by the Democrats (DEM) of Eduardo Paes, and the continuity of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) with the reelection of Bruno Covas in São Paulo are added to the reelection of Mayor Eduardo Kalil (Social Democratic Party, PSD) in Belo Horizonte, in the first round, to consolidate the center in the three capitals with greater weight in national public opinion. Together, the three parties elected ten mayors of state capitals. In addition to the Brazilian Democratic Moviment (MDB), the center-wing not aligned with President Jair Bolsonaro elected 15 mayors of capital cities.
On the left field, despite the worst performance in capitals' elections in history, two names stood out: Guilherme Boulos (Socialism and Freedom Party, Psol), in São Paulo, and Manuela D'Ávila (Communist Party of Brazil, PCdoB), in Porto Alegre, who had more than 40% of votes. They reaped defeats, as in 2018, when one was a candidate for president and the other, vice president of Fernando Haddad (PT), but came out better than in that election due to the ability to renew their speech and broaden their political bases beyond the image of radicals from the left. Mr. Boulos called to congratulate Mr. Covas even before all votes were counted. Ironically, the parties of Mr. Boulos and Ms. D'Ávila are at risk of being extinguished in 2022, due to the end of coalitions and the performance clause.
It was with a speech against corruption and violence and without the state apparatus that President Jair Bolsonaro won the elections in 2018. In 2022, the president, through the alliance with the so-called Centrão, a cluster of center and center-right parties, may even have a state apparatus, but he will lack the speech, especially due to the economic crisis that threatens to deepen from 2021 on. The victory of the non-Bolsonarist center-right was basically due to well-evaluated administrations during the pandemic, opposing the determinations by the president. Of the 13 mayors of capitals who attempted re-election, ten succeeded. None...
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