2020 Belo Horizonte mayoral election

The 2020 Belo Horizonte municipal election took place in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, taking place on 15 November 2020 in a single round.

The result was a single round victory for incumbent mayor Alexandre Kalil of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), winning 784,307 votes and a share of 63.36% of the popular, defeating state deputy Bruno Engler of the Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (PRTB), who took 123,215 votes and a share of 9.95% of the popular vote.

However, with the growing of cases and deaths caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, the dates were delayed.

[1] The 2020 municipal elections were directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the parties to remodel their campaign strategies.

The Superior Electoral Court authorized the parties to do digital conventions, in order to avoid crowds.