Overview
- With 99.7% of ballots counted, António José Seguro leads with about 31.1% and André Ventura has 23.5%, producing the first presidential runoff since 1986.
- The second-round calendar sets the campaign for Jan. 27–Feb. 6, early voting requests for Jan. 25–29, mobility early voting on Feb. 1, and overseas voting from Jan. 27–29.
- Consular results in Brazil show Ventura at 48.81% (2,726 votes) versus 21.90% (1,223) for Seguro, but participation was just 1.86% from more than 303,000 registered voters.
- Brazilian right-wing figures allied with Jair Bolsonaro publicly congratulated Ventura and celebrated his advance on social media.
- Second-round campaign finance rules cap spending at roughly €4.18 million with an additional €1.045 million allowance under Portuguese law.