Forty of the 94 seats in the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo (Alesp) will be occupied by new lawmakers in the 2027–2031 term. Deputies expect the turnover to bring more polarized ideological disputes, recalling tensions at the start of the 2019–2023 legislature, when several lawmakers aligned with Jair Bolsonaro entered the assembly after the 2018 election.
Paulo Fiorilo, a Workers’ Party (PT) lawmaker re-elected for a third term, said the assembly could see a repeat of that period, when figures including Janaína Paschoal, Gil Diniz and Douglas Garcia joined the PSL. Fiorilo said lawmakers may use the chamber to sustain confrontations and that the next assembly president’s ability to enforce its rules will be important.
Among those expected to clash are PL lawmakers Eduarda Campopiano and Thomaz Henrique, along with Douglas Garcia, now of União Brasil, and left-wing deputies Sofia Favero of Psol, Leonardo Grandini of PT and Débora Camilo of Psol. Grandini and Henrique exchanged physical and verbal attacks during a livestream during the campaign.
Grandini said he expects the Alesp to become noisier, calling that an opportunity to challenge what he described as contradictions among lawmakers such as Campopiano and Garcia and to oppose Governor Tarcísio de Freitas. Campopiano said ideological debate is of strong interest to voters and described it as inevitable. She also said left-wing lawmakers had already filed several lawsuits and complaints against her and other right-wing deputies, even though the new term and direct confrontations had not yet begun.
Sources: Folha Poder.