Dr. Daniel Wins Pará Governorship in First Round

Overview

• Dr. Daniel Santos secured roughly 51.7% of the vote to win Pará's governor race in the first round, with vote counts reaching about 97–98% tallied.
• He defeated incumbent Hana Ghassan, who had taken office after Helder Barbalho left to run for the Senate and finished near 46% of the vote.
• A physician and former mayor of Ananindeua, Dr. Daniel built his campaign from a local power base and ran for governor on the Podemos ticket, marking the party's first gubernatorial victory in Pará.
• Campaign alliances shaped the race as Dr. Daniel received backing from the PL and presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro while Hana leaned on the MDB's state machinery and regional support connected to President Lula, and environmental topics raised by COP30 in Belém became central to voter concerns.
• The result breaks decades of Barbalho-era control in the state and could reshape state coalitions and policy priorities, with observers watching shifts on environmental rules, land regularization, public security, and infrastructure under the new administration.