Dorinha leads the election count in Tocantins with a growing advantage over Vicentinho

Dorinha led throughout the counting. With 20% of the votes counted, he opened an 8 thousand vote lead over Vicentinho. The difference reached 13 thousand votes at 41% of the count and 16 thousand at 51%. With 62% of the ballots counted, Dorinha had 46.5% of the votes, against Vicentinho's 43.19%, an advantage of 14,917 votes.

With 74% of the ballots counted, Dorinha maintained 46.6% of the votes, against Vicentinho's 43.26%, with an advantage of 17 thousand votes. At 80%, the difference remained similar, with 45.96% for Dorinha and 43.44% for Vicentinho. With 90% of the count, Dorinha had 45.9%, against Vicentinho's 44.55%, and an advantage of 18 thousand votes.

Maria Auxiliadora Seabra Rezende, is 62 years old and is from Goiânia (GO). A pedagogue, university professor and master in Education, she held the position of senator and was a former federal deputy for three legislatures.

In his administrative career, he commanded the State Department of Education in different governments before building his parliamentary role in the National Congress.

Dorinha remained ahead in all surveys carried out by Quaest published by TV Anhanguera. She carried out an intense travel marathon across the state, visiting dozens of municipalities in different regions of the state.

His government plan points to low industrialization and basic sanitation deficits as immediate challenges and defends the use of technical efficiency and transparency targets. The plan also mentions the support of a State Project Office to enable public-private partnerships and raise funds.

Vicentinho Júnior is a businessman and is serving his third consecutive term as federal deputy for Tocantins. The candidate began his career in the Chamber of Deputies when he was elected in 2014, taking office in 2015. Since then, he has been re-elected in the 2018 and 2022 elections.

In January 2023, he assumed the presidency of Progressistas in Tocantins. At the beginning of 2026, Vicentinho Júnior left Progressistas and joined the PSDB.

Vicentinho was behind in the Quaest polls released by TV Anhanguera, but managed to take the dispute to the second round. Among the main alliances achieved by the candidate were the current president of the Legislative Assembly, Amélio Cayres (MDB), who became his vice-president, and the candidate for federal deputy Alexandre Guimarães, who is the state president of the MDB.

The dispute for the government of Tocantins had seven candidates until practically the eve of the election. After the start of the campaign, the Electoral Court rejected the candidacy registration of the Democrat candidate, but the party launched a new ticket with the name of Siqueira Campos Júnior, son of the politician considered the creator of Tocantins.