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BRASIL Brazil’s 2026 presidential runoff is set for October 25
The second round will take place on the last Sunday of October. Some states will also hold runoff races for governor.
Brazil’s 2026 election runoff is scheduled for October 25, 2026, in line with the electoral calendar cited by O Globo. On that day, voters will decide the country’s next president and, in some states, also choose their next governor.
O Globo reported that voting will be held nationwide from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Brasília time. The first round took place on October 4, when voters chose the president, governors, senators and federal, state and district lawmakers.
A runoff is triggered when no candidate for president or governor wins more than half of the valid votes in the first round, excluding blank and null ballots. In that case, the two top vote-getters face each other in a new vote, and the winner is the candidate who secures the majority of valid votes.
G1 Globo also reported that voters who missed the first round are still allowed to vote in the second, because Brazil’s Electoral Justice treats each round as a separate election. The outlet also noted that voters who cannot cast a ballot must justify their absence before the electoral authorities.
According to G1 Globo, voters who are outside the city where they are registered on election day may justify their absence through the e-Título app or in person at a polling place. Those who are in their voting city but still cannot go to the polls must complete the process after the election, through e-Título, the TSE’s online self-service system, or at a local electoral office.
G1 Globo added that the deadline to justify an absence is 60 days after each round: until December 3, 2026 for the first round and until January 8, 2027 for the second.
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About this piece. Written by El Notero with AI assistance, from reporting published by the outlet cited above. El Notero did no original reporting on this story.
