Final count
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
| JERÔNIMO RODRIGUES | PT | 4,626,509 | 55.8% |
| ACM NETO | UNIÃO | 3,625,227 | 43.7% |
| RONALDO MANSUR | PSOL | 27,243 | 0.3% |
| AROLDO FELIX | UP | 5,238 | 0.1% |
| MARIA BONA | PCO | 4,028 | 0.1% |
| ARIEL CAPISTRANO | DC | 2,845 | 0.0% |
| Total votes | 8,291,090 | |
Turnout 80.0%: 9,046,179 ballots from 11,304,314 registered voters.
TSE EA20 result file, round 1, generated 5 Oct 2026 11:41:49 Brasília time: final totalisation ('tf': 's', 'and': 'f'), 35,476 of 35,476 polling sections totalised on 5 Oct 2026 at 00:50:30 (Brasília time, UTC-3). Rows: each candidate's ballot name and party as the TSE writes them, with nominal votes. totalVotes = valid votes ('vv', nominal only: no party-label votes for this office) 8,291,090; ballots = attendance ('c') 9,046,179; electorate ('te') 11,304,314; blank 233,096, null 521,993. Elected in round 1 (absolute majority of valid votes, Constitution art. 28 with art. 77): JERÔNIMO RODRIGUES (PT), status 'Eleito'. Diplomação (by 18 Dec 2026) is a later formality and does not change the count. Observed: the TSE result file for BA (governor, cargo 3, election 6259) shows the final totalisation ('tf': 's', 'and': 'f', all 35,476 polling sections) on 5 Oct 2026 at 00:50:30 Brasília time, recorded as 2026-10-05T03:50:30Z. Published by Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, 5 Oct 2026: resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/ele2026/6259/dados/ba/ba-c0003-e006259-u.json. Official publication of the TSE; no reuse terms stated. Lei 9.610/1998 art. 8 IV (planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/leis/l9610.htm, read 25 Oct 2026): "Não são objeto de proteção como direitos autorais [...] os textos de tratados ou convenções, leis, decretos, regulamentos, decisões judiciais e demais atos oficiais".
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