[1] The incumbent mayor is Rafael Greca, a member of the former party Democrats (DEM), who was able to run for reelection.
The 2020 municipal elections were marked by the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, which caused parties to remodel their campaign strategies.
The Superior Electoral Court of Brazil (TSE) authorized parties to hold conventions to choose candidates for ballots through digital transmission platforms, to avoid crowds that could proliferate the COVID-19.
Furthermore, from this election onwards, Constitutional Amendment 97/2017 was put into practice, which prohibits the celebration of party coalitions for legislative elections, which could lead to an increase in candidates for the Municipal Chamber.
The voters that live in these places usually tend to vote in other neighborhoods of the city.