A second round is also due for governors in the wind-power regions of Rio Grande do Sul, Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte, while in Pernambuco and Bahia states, the party in power was re-elected.

In Sunday's general election nobody obtained over 50% of the votes, the level needed to win outright.

Rousseff of the Workers' Party (PT), who oversaw the biggest growth in wind power potential since 2009, obtained 42% of valid votes and now prepares face Neves of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), who obtained a surprising 34% of votes.

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