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In 2026, two senators were elected in each state and in the Federal District, to renew 54 of the 81 seats in the Federal Senate. Each voter voted for two different candidates.
In 2026, two senators will be elected in each state and in the Federal District, to renew 54 of the 81 seats. Therefore, each voter voted for two different candidates.
Carol de Toni will have her first term as senator. She is currently serving as a federal deputy, after being elected in 2022 as the most voted parliamentarian in Santa Catarina. At 40 years old, the lawyer is considered one of the main names on the conservative right in the country.
Carlos Bolsonaro will have his first term as senator. Son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, the 43-year-old Rio native announced his move to Santa Catarina at the end of 2025, after serving seven terms as a councilor in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Carol ran for one of the two seats in the Federal Senate for the Liberal Party (PL), in a political partnership with Carlos Bolsonaro. At the beginning of 2026, the PL's national leadership considered an alliance with Esperidião Amin's Progressistas (PP).
The possible coalition even threatened Carol's candidacy for the Senate, but the discussion was overcome and the party confirmed her name for the dispute.
Carlos ran for one of the two seats in the Federal Senate for the PL, in political partnership with Carol de Toni. Son "02" of former president Jair Bolsonaro, the 43-year-old congressman was a councilor in Rio de Janeiro for seven terms, until resigning from his position at the end of 2025 and changing his electoral domicile to Santa Catarina.

With 88.52% of the ballots counted in São Paulo, Erika Hilton (PSOL) reached 1,406,671 votes, becoming the most voted woman in the history of Brazil for the Chamber of Deputies, surpassing the previous record of Joice Hasselmann in 2018. Her vote is more than five times higher than that obtained in 2022.

Celina Leão (PP) and Leandro Grass (PT) will compete in the second round for the government of the Federal District, scheduled for October 25th, after 100% of the votes counted in the first round.

With more than 70% of the ballots counted, Elmano de Freitas (PT) has 52.08% of the votes for governor of Ceará, followed by Ciro Gomes (PSDB) with 47.28%. The Federal Police recorded six vote-buying procedures in three cities and the Civil Police recorded two incidents in Itapipoca and Tabuleiro do Norte. Until 5pm, there were 23 incidents in 15 cities in Ceará.

The Superior Electoral Court confirmed that candidate Leandro Grass can no longer win in the first round of the Federal District elections, guaranteeing the holding of a second round. Grass, born in Brasília 41 years ago, is a district deputy for Rede and former president of Iphan, with a background in sociology and sustainable development.

Guilherme Derrite, former secretary of Public Security of São Paulo, was elected senator with 30.69% of the votes. His tenure at SSP (2022-2025) was marked by an 83% increase in deaths due to police intervention, from 477 to 877 deaths, while the state recorded a historic reduction in homicides, robberies and robberies. Derrite, an ally of Bolsonaro and the 'bullet bench', left office in November 2025 to focus on the 2026 campaign and was rapporteur for anti-faction and anti-party laws.

Councilor Jefferson da Silva Januário, known as Negro Bússola, is suspected of distributing cards during the vote in Juiz de Fora, a practice configured as exit polling. The TRE investigates the complaint and, if confirmed, he could lose his mandate for an electoral crime.