Final count
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
| ZUCCO | PL | 3,516,048 | 58.1% |
| JULIANA BRIZOLA | PDT | 1,917,374 | 31.7% |
| GABRIEL SOUZA | MDB | 510,698 | 8.4% |
| MARCELO MARANATA | PSDB | 101,978 | 1.7% |
| PRISCILA VOIGT | UP | 5,716 | 0.1% |
| REJANE DE OLIVEIRA | PSTU | 3,492 | 0.1% |
| Total votes | 6,055,306 | |
Turnout 78.6%: 6,697,424 ballots from 8,516,465 registered voters.
TSE EA20 result file, round 1, generated 16 Oct 2026 11:46:19 Brasília time: final totalisation ('tf': 's', 'and': 'f'), 27,547 of 27,547 polling sections totalised on 4 Oct 2026 at 21:11:34 (Brasília time, UTC-3). Rows: each candidate's ballot name and party as the TSE writes them, with nominal votes. totalVotes = valid votes ('vv', nominal only: no party-label votes for this office) 6,055,306; ballots = attendance ('c') 6,697,424; electorate ('te') 8,516,465; blank 324,123, null 315,858. Not in the rows, as the TSE does not count them as valid: votes for CESAR PONTES (PCO, 2,137, 'Anulado sub judice'). Elected in round 1 (absolute majority of valid votes, Constitution art. 28 with art. 77): ZUCCO (PL), status 'Eleito'. Diplomação (by 18 Dec 2026) is a later formality and does not change the count. Observed: the TSE result file for RS (governor, cargo 3, election 6259) shows the final totalisation ('tf': 's', 'and': 'f', all 27,547 polling sections) on 4 Oct 2026 at 21:11:34 Brasília time, recorded as 2026-10-05T00:11:34Z. Published by Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, 16 Oct 2026: resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/ele2026/6259/dados/rs/rs-c0003-e006259-u.json. Official publication of the TSE; no reuse terms stated. Lei 9.610/1998 art. 8 IV (planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/leis/l9610.htm, read 25 Oct 2026): "Não são objeto de proteção como direitos autorais [...] os textos de tratados ou convenções, leis, decretos, regulamentos, decisões judiciais e demais atos oficiais".
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