More than 156 million Brazilians will return to the electronic polls on October 30 to elect the president of the Republic, in the second round of the elections, between the candidates Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ?PT? and Jair Messias Bolsonaro ?PL?
In addition, the voters will decide on 12 units of the Federation in the dispute for the governorship, which will also be defined in a second round.
In the first round of the elections held this Sunday, October 2, Lula obtained 57 million 257 thousand 473 valid votes - 48.43 percent - while Bolsonaro received 51 million 071 thousand 106 - 43.20 percent.
With 99.99 percent of the polls counted up to the morning of this Monday, October 3, the data of the results show that the valid votes in the first round reached 118 million 22 thousand 172 -95.59 percent-. There were 1 million 96 thousand 761 blank votes - 1.59 percent - and 3 million 487 thousand 835 null votes - 2.82 percent -, while abstention reached 20.95 percent.
Those who will contest the elections for state governments in the second round will be:
For Alagoas, Paulo Dantas ?MDB? vs Rodrigo Cunha ?Union?; for Amazonas Wilson Lima ?Union? vs Eduardo Braga ?MDB?; for Bahia Jerónimo Rodrigues ?PT? vs ACM Neto ?Union?; for Espírito Santo Renato Casagrande ?PSB? vs Marato ?PL; for Mato Grosso do Sul Capitán Contar ?PRTB? vs Eduardo Riedel ?PSDB?; for Paraíba João Azevedo ?PSB? vs Pedro Cunha Lima ?PSDB?; and for Pernambuco Marília Arraes ?Solidaridad? vs Raquel Lyra ?PSDB?
Meanwhile, for Rio Grande do Sul, Ónix Lorenzoni ?PL? vs Eduardo Leite ?PSDB?; for Rondônia, Coronel Marcos Rocha ?Union? vs Marcos Rogerio ?PL?; for Santa Catarina Jorginho Mello ?PL? vs Decio Lima ?PT?; for Sergipe Rogério Carvalho ?PT? vs Fabio ?PSD?; and for São Paulo Tarcisio de Freitas ?Republicanos? vs Fernando Haddad ?PT?
One of the novelties of Elections 2022 is the unification of voting time throughout the country, said the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court in a statement, where it detailed that, for the first time, all polling stations operated in the first round of the election from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Brasilia time.
That is to say, cities in different areas had to adapt to the time of the federal capital. The same unification of the voting calendar will occur in the second round. The change stems from a decision of the Plenary of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) of December 2021.
It should be noted that voters who did not vote in the first round of the elections held this Sunday, October 2, can and should vote in the second round, on October 30, if they are in good standing with the Electoral Justice.
Each round of voting is a separate election, and failure to attend the first round of voting does not preclude participation in the second round.
On the other hand, the TSE highlighted that as from 17:00 hours of this Monday, October 3, that is to say, 24 hours after the closing of the voting in the first round, electoral propaganda through loudspeakers or sound amplifiers -from 8:00 to 22:00 hours- is allowed, as well as the distribution of graphic material, caravans or marches, accompanied or not by a sound car. Rallies and Internet advertising are also allowed.
Free election time on radio and television stations will begin this Friday, October 7. In the second round, advertising time will be divided equally among the candidates.
This article was produced with the support of the organization Global Exchange in collaboration with Peninsula 360 Press.
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