Only 0.03% of the Total Votes Were Registered After 5 p.m. - 26/10/2026
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PL candidate, who contests result, also asked for election to be until 7pm, but only in some cities of the South and Southeast
Campaigns of Lula and Flávio called for an extension of the vote after reports of lack of buses and rains throughout the country. The defeated candidate said he did not recognize the result; Kassio Nunes Marques, president of the TSE, confirmed Lula's victory and claimed to have security in the electoral process.
Data from the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) of Brazil show that 34,3 thousand votes were registered, after the Supreme Federal Court (STF) extended the vote in the presidential elections on Sunday for another two hours. The number represents 0.03% of the total of 127,8 million votes registered in the electronic ballots throughout Brazil. The extension of voting time was used by presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, of the Liberal Party (PL), …
Only 34,330 votes, or 0.03% of the total, were registered after 17h on Sunday, according to records of the TSE (High Electoral Court). Although Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) and allies contest the election result because of the decision of the minister of the STF (Supremo Federal Court) Cristiano Zanin to keep the ballots open after 17h [...]
<p>Pedro Benevides, CNN Portugal's special envoy to Brasília, explains why "it is very difficult" that Flávio Bolsonaro's arguments to get the elections overturned have some effect.</p>
Flávio Bolsonaro has not spoken since the night of Sunday, when he did not assume the electoral defeat and announced the intention to ask for the annulment of the results. The issue is the prolongation of the elections, a request that had been made by the campaigns of the two candidates.
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