Poll: Daniel Vilela leads Goiás governor race with 37%, Marconi Perillo second with 20%

Daniel Vilela, the current executive chief, is leading the race for Governor of Goiás with 37% of first-round voting intentions, according to a new poll by Quaest released on Thursday. This maintains Vilela's lead from previous surveys conducted in July and April by the same institute.

Former governor Marconi Perillo holds the second position with 20% of voter intentions. Senator Wilder Morais follows with 12%. The state of Goiás has three other candidates: Luis Cesar Bueno (PT) with 4%, and Luciana Amorim (UP) and Danilo Pinheiro (PCO), who did not register any significant support in the poll. The survey indicates that 20% of respondents are undecided, while 7% plan to cast blank or null votes.

Quaest also conducted simulations for potential second-round matchups. In a hypothetical contest against Marconi Perillo, Vilela garners 53% of the vote compared to Perillo's 28%. This represents a slight increase for Vilela from a July simulation where he had 52% against Perillo's 28%.

In a potential run-off against Wilder Morais, Vilela leads with 56% of the vote, while Morais secures 18%. This is also an increase for Vilela from the July poll, where he had 54% against Morais's 16%. The poll, commissioned by TV Anhanguera, involved 804 interviews conducted between August 23 and 26. It has a 95% confidence level and a margin of error of approximately 3 percentage points.