TSE Postpones Ruling That Will Decide Deltan Dallagnol’s Senate Win

The delay leaves his tallied votes legally contested until the court’s plenary issues a final ruling on his eligibility.

Overview

The case was removed from the Superior Electoral Court’s agenda on Thursday with no new date set, leaving the legality of Dallagnol’s election unresolved.
The relator, Minister Floriano de Azevedo Marques, had individually ruled to deny Dallagnol’s registration on Saturday, saying a 2021 resignation while facing disciplinary probes created an eight-year ineligibility.
TSE President Kassio Nunes Marques suspended the relator’s order on Sunday and directed that Dallagnol’s votes be counted while the full court considers the matter.
Official tallies counted Dallagnol as elected senator for Paraná with 2,904,594 votes (25.14%), but those votes could be nullified if the plenary upholds the relator’s indeferimento.
The dispute pits a September TRE-PR decision that approved Dallagnol’s candidacy against the TSE relator’s view that the regional court improperly reexamined a prior TSE finding and highlights how individual interim orders can change vote counting before a plenary ruling.