(2019) Nogueira, Ary Jorge Aguiar; Tribunal Superior Eleitoral
It verifies whether Marchetti's (2013) assumption that recent electoral competition is marked by judicialization also applies to the scope of supplementary elections. The hypothesis is that
the judicialization of municipal electoral competition has become an additional strategy used by political actors because of its effectiveness. The results indicate that approximately 58% of the Supplementary Elections that occurred in the period were motivated solely by lawsuits filed by opposition political groups. In these cases, the opposition can elect the new mayors in
62% of situations.
