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Brazil First Round Yields Split Outcomes With Some Winners and Multiple Runoffs

The vote produced Oct. 25 runoffs that will decide several governorships while confirming Senate winners who will influence state and national power balances.

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Jorginho Mello (PL) comemora com apoiadores a reeleição em Santa Catarina, conquistada no primeiro turno com a maior vantagem sobre o segundo colocado entre os governadores eleitos.
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Overview

  • On Oct. 4 more than 125.2 million registered voters cast ballots in Brazil’s first round, and official tallies from the Superior Electoral Court were published by national outlets.
  • Lucas Ribeiro (PP) won re-election as governor of Paraíba in the first round with a clear majority and will serve a full term beginning in 2027.
  • In Bahia the two Senate seats were won by Rui Costa (PT) and Jaques Wagner (PT), matching pre-election polling that showed both leading the contest.
  • The Acre governorship did not produce a majority winner and will go to a second round on Oct. 25 between Mailza Assis (PP), who received 49.77% of valid votes, and Alan Rick (Republicanos), who finished second with 32.25%.
  • Media outlets published automated municipal and state tallies drawn from TSE data, and the results will reshape state-level power and set the stage for runoffs that could alter coalitions in the Senate and governor’s offices.