26–27 Oct 2026
Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Sao Paulo time.
- Polls close
- First count by
- Counted by
- Superior Electoral Court
- Results page
- resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/comum/config/ele-c.json
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Federal District, Brazil, runoff 2026
Polling day . Counted by Superior Electoral Court. Times are Sao Paulo time; hover for UTC.
Held only if no candidate for Governor of Federal District won more than half of the valid votes on 4 Oct (Constitution art. 28 with art. 77 §§2–3): a runoff between the two most voted on the last Sunday of October, 25 Oct 2026. The Senate has no second round.
Count stages
26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct
Election-night count
Election-night count: Sun 25 Oct, 17:00 → Sun 25 Oct, 23:59, precedent.
Final result
Final result: Mon 26 Oct, 00:00 → Tue 27 Oct, 23:59, precedent.
Stage windows and their sources
- Election-night count→precedentTSE calendar: voting runs 08:00–17:00 Brasília time nationwide, and the count is published live from the close. 2022: the presidential runoff winner was declared on the evening of polling day, once the result could no longer change mathematically.
- Final result→precedentGovernor, round 2. 2022: the TSE finished totalising every polling section, all states included, of the first round at 10:27 on Tuesday 4 Oct, two days after polling day; the window closes at the end of the second day after polling day, Brasília time. Winners are formally certified (diplomação) by 18 Dec 2026 (TSE calendar); settle on the totalised count, not on diplomação.
Results sources
| URL | Role | Kind | Can answer a results question | Last check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tse.jus.br/eleicoes/resultados-eleicoes | results-live | results index | no | blocked |
| resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/comum/config/ele-c.json | see-also | feed | yes | broken |
| tse.jus.br/eleicoes/informacoes-tecnicas-sobre-a-divulgacao-de-resultados | see-also | results index | no | blocked |
| planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/constituicao/constituicao.htm | timetable | other | no | |
| dadosabertos.tse.jus.br | open-data | results index | no | |
| tse.jus.br | authority-home | emb home | no | blocked |
Cite, embed, correct
Election Index, “Federal District, Brazil, runoff 2026”, https://electionindex.org/election/brazil-general-2026-df-r2, dataset 2026-09-30.161ab495. CC BY 4.0.
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Questions and answers
- When is the Federal District, Brazil, runoff 2026?
- Polling day is 2026-10-25 (officially set). Held only if no candidate for Governor of Federal District won more than half of the valid votes on 4 Oct (Constitution art. 28 with art. 77 §§2–3): a runoff between the two most voted on the last Sunday of October, 25 Oct 2026. The Senate has no second round.
- When will the final result of the Governor, runoff race be official?
- Expected between 2026-10-26T03:00:00Z and 2026-10-28T02:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. Governor, round 2. 2022: the TSE finished totalising every polling section, all states included, of the first round at 10:27 on Tuesday 4 Oct, two days after polling day; the window closes at the end of the second day after polling day, Brasília time. Winners are formally certified (diplomação) by 18 Dec 2026 (TSE calendar); settle on the totalised count, not on diplomação.
- Where are the official Governor, runoff results?
- https://resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/comum/config/ele-c.json