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Held only for a president or governor race where no candidate won more than half of the valid votes on 4 Oct (Constitution art. 77). The Senate and the Chamber have no second round.
TSE 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.
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2022: the TSE finished totalising every polling section 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.
TSE 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
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precedent
2022: the TSE finished totalising every polling section 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.
Polling day is 2026-10-25 (declared). Held only for a president or governor race where no candidate won more than half of the valid votes on 4 Oct (Constitution art. 77). The Senate and the Chamber have no second round.
When will the final result of the President race be official?
Expected between 2026-10-26T03:00:00Z and 2026-10-28T02:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. 2022: the TSE finished totalising every polling section 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.
When will the final result of the Governors race be official?
Expected between 2026-10-26T03:00:00Z and 2026-10-28T02:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. 2022: the TSE finished totalising every polling section 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 President results?
No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Superior Electoral Court (https://www.tse.jus.br/).
Where are the official Governors results?
No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Superior Electoral Court (https://www.tse.jus.br/).