After the Superior Electoral Court computerized more than 50 percent of the votes cast this Sunday, October 2, during the first round of the electoral contest in Brazil, the current president of the South American giant, Jair Bolsonaro, is ahead of the progressive Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with a minimal advantage of 1.45 percent, which translates into a difference of 863,940 votes.
Almost three hours after polling stations closed and vote counting began across the country, there is no definitive vote count for the main presidential candidates, Bolsonaro and Lula, on Sunday.
So far, more than 52 percent of the polling stations have been counted, meaning that more than 65.5 million votes have been counted, zero of which have been annulled.
Thus, President Jair Bolsonaro has 46.31 percent of the votes counted, while Lula has 44.87 percent of the preferences.
It should be noted that with the end of voting for the first round of the 2022 General Elections throughout the country, the Electoral Court registered 4,872 complaints for irregular electoral propaganda, sent through the Pardal app.
In total, since August 16th - the date when the electoral campaign began - 37,026 complaints have been registered through the application.
The number of votes this Sunday, October 2, marks a significant increase compared to the previous record, registered on October 1, when 2,069 complaints were filed.
The region with the most complaints since the start of the electoral campaign was the Southeast, with 13,144, followed by the Northeast with 10,837, and the South with 6,292 complaints. The Midwest and North regions registered 4,107 and 2,646 complaints, respectively.
Most of the complaints of irregular electoral propaganda refer to the campaigns for federal deputy with 12,642 cases, closely followed by the candidates for state deputy with 12,439.
In the Federal District alone, where district deputies are elected, 1,248 complaints were registered.
The presidential campaigns were responsible for 3,358 complaints across the country, while the governor and senators campaigns generated 2,768 and 799 complaints, respectively.
This note was made with the support of the organization Global Exchange in collaboration with Peninsula 360 Press.
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