The elections for the presidency of Brazil began yesterday morning, 2. Other positions were also up for grabs. There was voting for senator, governor, federal deputy and state deputy. The long-awaited event lasted until the end of Sunday afternoon, so the calculation of wishes it started at 5 pm, just as polls closed across the country. The beginning of the count took place in the South region of the country and ended in the Northeast at 21:40.
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and Jair Bolsonaro (PL) will face each other in a second round of the 2022 elections so that people can decide once and for all who will be the president of Brazil. Voting will also take place on a Sunday in October. It's on the market for the 30th.
At around 21:36 yesterday, with a total of 97.51% of the ballot boxes counted, Lula had 55,166,851 (47.91%) and Bolsonaro 50,261,216 (43.65%) of the votes. The total number validated was 115,373,809 (95.59%), blank votes were around 1,929,123 (1.59%) and null votes at 3,397,990 (2.82%). Abstention reached 20.90%.
Some states like Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo will also have a second round to decide who will be the next governor. With 100% of the votes counted in Rio Grande do Sul, the dispute will be between Onyx Lorenzoni (PL – 37.50%) and Eduardo Leite (PSDB – 26.81%). In São Paulo, after all the votes are counted, the stalemate will be between Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans – 42.32%) and Fernando Haddad (PT – 35.70%).
It is worth remembering that in these states, the vote to decide their respective governors will take place on the same Sunday as the decision for the presidency.
Brazil stops in the 2022 elections
Did you know that the day on which the poll is held is considered a holiday? So it is! However, establishments that are authorized to operate during this break can open normally, provided that provide the necessary conditions for all employees to exercise their citizenship, that is, their right of vote.
The e-Title, which is, in fact, the digital voter title, is currently the most downloaded document in Brazil. In this last week, the application had over 2.5 million downloads. According to the TSE, more than 30 million voters activated the tool on their devices.
It is important to remember that on October 30th, the e-Title will not be available for download, that is, it must be downloaded no later than the day before the polls.
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