Douglas Ruas reaches 50.88% of the votes after totalization and wins in the first round in RJ

Douglas Ruas reaches 50.88% of the votes after retotalling and wins in the first round in RJ — Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo

"Douglas Ruas, 50.88% of the votes. Eduardo Paes, 44.16%. So the candidate with the most votes for the position of governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro was the candidate Douglas Ruas, reaching more than half of the valid votes, enough to win in the first round of the elections."

In the first round of the election, Douglas Ruas, from PL, had received 49.2% of the valid votes and came first. Eduardo Paes, from the PSD, had 42.7%, which would lead to a second round.

Last Thursday, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) annulled the 275,000 votes received by Anthony Garotinho, from the Republicans, and ordered the retotaling of votes from the first round as it understood that Garotinho's political rights were suspended.

When he takes office, Douglas Ruas will be the youngest governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro since 1959. He is 37 years old and is currently a state deputy and president of the Legislative Assembly.

Douglas Ruas was born in São Gonçalo, in the Metropolitan Region of Rio. His father, Captain Nelson, from PL, is the city's mayor.

Ruas is married, father of one and a civil servant with a civil service exam. The elected governor was also secretary under Cláudio Castro until the beginning of this year. The elected vice-governor is Niterói councilor Fernanda Louback, from PL.