Elections 2026: what you need to know this July. The official period of party conventions for the elections begins this Monday (20) and continues until August 5. It is during this period that parties need to define who will represent them at the polls. In Rio Grande do Norte, the parties and federations (union of parties to compete in elections) that have pre-candidates for the state government concentrated their events between the 25th and 30th of July (see below). ? Click here to follow the g1 RN channel on WhatsApp Until the most recent update of this report, at least six candidates had already announced their pre-candidacy. Electronic ballot box Reproduction/TRE-RN Lawyer Leonardo Palitot, specialist in Electoral Law, summarizes the party convention as the beginning of the electoral process. "When the political party or the federation will meet with its members and decide the direction of that political party, choose those candidates who will represent that political party and in the majority elections, which is where coalitions can be formed. The name and number of candidates, all of this is chosen at the party convention", he explained. After defining the names, the parties have until August 15th to submit their candidacies to the Electoral Court. READ ALSO FIND OUT: Who are the politicians who have already announced their pre-candidacy for the government of RN in 2026 See, below, the calendar of conventions planned in RN: ?? Saturday (25) PT / PV / PCdoB: The Workers' Party (PT), the Green Party (PV) and the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) scheduled their convention for Saturday (25), at 9 am, at Edgar Barbosa School, in the Lagoa Nova neighborhood. The PT pre-candidate for the government of RN is Cadu Xavier. ?? Sunday (26) For Sunday (26), three meetings are scheduled. PL: At 9am, the Liberal Party (PL) holds its convention at Ginásio Nélio Dias, in the Lagoa Azul neighborhood, in the North Zone. The PL pre-candidate is Álvaro Dias. União: Also at 9am on Sunday, União Brasil and Progressistas meet at the Sports Palace, in Petrópolis. The Union pre-candidate is Allyson Bezerra. PSOL / Sustainability Network: At 10am, the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL) and the Sustainability Network will hold the event at the Legislative Assembly, in Cidade Alta. The PSOL pre-candidate for government is Robério Paulino. ?? Thursday (30) PSTU: ALRN will also host the convention of the Unified Socialist Workers Party (PSTU) on Thursday (30). The pre-candidate is Dário Barbosa. Party conventions begin on Monday Campaigns begin on August 16th Lawyer Leonardo Palitot warns of an important detail of the rules: conventions do not constitute a campaign, which only begins on August 16th. "It is very important that the party convention does not carry out acts of electoral campaign per se", said the lawyer. "This does not mean that internal propaganda cannot be carried out, which aims to recruit its members. That is authorized", he added. ?? See the calendar, according to the Electoral Court ?July 20th to August 5th: Party conventions ?August 15th: Last day to register candidacies ?August 16th: Start of electoral propaganda on the streets and on the internet ?August 28th: Start of free electoral propaganda on radio and TV ???October 4th: First round of the elections ?October 9th: Start of free electoral advertising on radio and TV in case of a second round ???October 25th: Second round of elections "From this moment on, what we will observe is the monitoring of each political party in relation to the positioning of their candidates for majority elections or even for proportional elections", said Robson Carvalho, PhD in Political Science from UNB. Elections In the first round, voters in Rio Grande do Norte will go to the polls to vote for: president of the Republic; governor and vice; two senators; a state deputy; a federal deputy. Most watched videos on g1 RN