
Of the eight candidates for the Government of Paraná, six voted in Curitiba in different neighborhoods, while Sandro Alex (PSD) voted in Ponta Grossa, at the Professor César Prieto Martinez State Education Institute, accompanied by his family and supporters.
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The first round of elections for the Government of Paraná took place this Sunday (4), with eight candidates competing for the Iguaçu Palace.
Candidates for the Government of Paraná went to the polls to vote this Sunday (4), the day of the first round of elections. Of the eight candidates for Palácio Iguaçu, six of them voted in Curitiba, each in a different neighborhood of the city.
Candidate Sandro Alex (PSD) went to Campos Gerais in Paraná to vote. In Ponta Grossa, he registered his vote at the Professor César Prieto Martinez State Education Institute, in the Estrela neighborhood, alongside his wife, children and supporters.

On Sunday 4th, presidential elections in Brazil had voting closed at 5pm Brasília time, with Lula leading in 24 countries abroad and Flávio Bolsonaro ahead in the total number of votes (32,431 against 23,732). The Ministry of Justice registered 527 electoral incidents until 4 pm, including electoral crimes and seizure of campaign materials. The MPE took legal action after Romeu Zema used a cell phone in the voting booth and asked for the removal of false content about ballot boxes. A 106-year-old voter voted in São Paulo.

Senate candidate André do Prado (PL) voted at Escola Ivan Brasil, in Guararema, accompanied by his family and local authorities. Until 3 pm, Operation Elections 2026 in São Paulo recorded 86 incidents and 34 arrests, mostly due to exit polls. In Franca, a 69-year-old woman was arrested for distributing election leaflets. At least 33 electoral zones lost power due to rain, but voting was not interrupted.

Voter Rafaella Cortinoves was unable to vote in the first round of the 2026 elections after a tree fell on her car during a storm in Piracicaba (SP), preventing her from reaching the polling place in the Vila Fátima neighborhood. She was with two friends, who managed to vote at the Professor Antônio de Mello Cotrim school. No one was injured, but another car was hit and a wheelchair user had difficulty accessing the polling station due to the closure of Rua Dona Stella.

The candidate for the government of Ceará Ieri Braga (PCO) voted on Sunday (4) at Colégio Maria Ester II, in Parque Dois Irmãos, in Fortaleza, accompanied by his wife and daughter.

On election Sunday (4), voters in Baixada Santista faced heavy rain, while elderly people like Hermenegildo, 96, and Maurício, 62, who used a skateboard to vote, highlighted their civic engagement. There were isolated cases of irregular distribution of campaign material and a woman fell ill at a polling station in Santos.

Three TSE ministers and assistants to Kassio Nunes Marques and André Mendonça consider the opening of preliminary proceedings by the PF on alleged foreign interference in the 2026 elections to be exaggerated, claiming that the action could judicialize the election and unduly question the results of the polls.