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Brazil's top electoral court calls false Flávio Bolsonaro's claim that his party's observers were removed from the vault room

A portrait of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva taken in February 2022, when he was a pre-candidate for the presidency. File photo.

Lula wins a fourth term with 51.79% of valid votes, and Flávio Bolsonaro says he will ask the courts to annul the run-off

Justice Cristiano Zanin at the ceremonial session marking his swearing-in to Brazil's Supreme Court, in Brasília, in August 2023.

Brazilian Supreme Court justice extends runoff voting to 7 p.m. nationwide, and the electoral court freezes the count at 0.25% of ballot boxes

Brazil elections

Brazil's presidential runoff begins at 8 a.m., with six governorships also at stake

The headquarters of the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (Superior Electoral Court) in Brasília, opened in December 2011, pictured in 2012.

Electoral Justice

Brazil's electoral court gives Meta and X 24 hours, under a R$500,000 daily fine, to explain how they distribute political content

A Brazilian UE2020 electronic voting machine, in a 2021 handout image from the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (Superior Electoral Court). The presidential runoff is on Sunday, 25 October.

Brazil Elections 2026

Brazil's final presidential debate ends with an apology for a "nine fingers" jab and 2h30 of corruption charges

The UE2020 electronic voting machine, presented by Brazil's Tribunal Superior Eleitoral in 2021; the runoff is on Sunday.

Brazil elections 2026

Brazil's final presidential debate is set for Friday, two days before a runoff PoderData puts at 51% to 49%

The headquarters of the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, Brazil's Superior Electoral Court, in Brasília, opened in December 2011.

Brazil's 2026 election

Lula's campaign asks Brazil's electoral court to strike Flávio Bolsonaro's ticket off the ballot

Brazil Elections 2026

Brazil's electoral court unanimously upholds order barring Meta from throttling candidates' posts, under a R$ 500,000 daily fine

A Brazilian UE2020 electronic voting machine, in an image released by the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral in 2021.

Brazil's 2026 election

Twelve days from Brazil's run-off, two polls give Flávio Bolsonaro very different leads: 4 points and 10

The headquarters of the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral in Brasília, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, in December 2025.

Brazil's 2026 election

Brazil's electoral court found none of the disputed posts on the pro-Lula WhatsApp channel — but it only reviewed October

The headquarters of the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral in Brasília, opened in December 2011.

Brazil's 2026 election

Almost a million Brazilians will vote abroad on October 4, and one in four of them lives in the United States