
AI-generated summary
The 2026 Elections in Pará took place this Sunday (4) in the first round, with TRE-PA organizing voting throughout the state, including remote areas accessible only by river and air transport. Podemos has majority candidates in the state, while MDB supports Hana Ghassan for the government. The Pardal application and Dial Eleitor are Electoral Court tools to monitor irregularities.
School in Ananindeua has more than 11 thousand voters and is the place that concentrates the most voters in Pará. The wait to vote can reach 1h30 - see the details in the video above
In Belém, Faculdade Cosmopolita has more than 9 thousand voters. There were lines in the hallways as voters waited to enter their polling stations.
There, TRE employees guided voters and reinforced that anyone who has biometrics registered does not need to sign a signature at the time of voting.
The president of Podemos Ananindeua, Alex Hage, was arrested by the Federal Police this Sunday (4), in Pará. In Pará, Podemos is running Dr Daniel Santos for state government; and Zequinha Marinho to the Senate. Alex was detained by military police and taken to the Federal Police Superintendence, in Belém - see details here
Many voters know their polling stations well, but in Altamira a community votes this Sunday (4) for the first time: A recently created polling station allowed 200 indigenous people in the Laranjal village, of the Arara people, in the southwest of Pará, to exercise their right to vote. The ballot boxes were taken to the location after a car journey and another hour by boat.
Throughout Pará, PA's TRE used land, air and river transport, including more than a thousand vessels, seven planes and six helicopters - see details here.
At Colégio Estadual Visconde de Souza Franco, in Belém, a map fixed to the walls helps voters find their polling stations.
The location also receives some voters who vote at the Paulino de Brito State School, according to Simone Tavares, electoral services assistant who works at the Visconde school.
"When changing schools from Paulino here to Souza Franco, we had a certain difficulty. People are arriving and so we direct them to the right school. At first it was confusing, but now we are managing to flow well with the election", he stated.
Until what time can you vote?
Closing is scheduled for 5pm, Brasília time. However, this does not mean that whoever is in line at 5pm will be left without voting.
If there are voters in line at the time of closing, poll workers must identify these people and provide a password. Voting continues until everyone who was in line at the deadline has voted.
Hana Ghassan (MDB) votes in Belém
The candidate for the government of Pará Hana Ghassan (MDB) voted this Sunday (4), in the morning, at the UFPA Institute of Health Sciences, in Belém.
She arrived at the voting location around 11:15 am, accompanied by supporters, including former governor Helder Barbalho (MDB); the mother, the son and the husband.
Balance app Pardal and Dial Voter
The Pardal application, used by the Electoral Court to receive complaints, has already recorded 63 records from different municipalities. According to TRE-PA, most of the complaints are related to electoral propaganda on public roads, internet advertising and distribution of material.
The Voter Hotline also records searches during voting. The majority of calls received are questions about the polling place and the polling station number.
TRE balance sheet
The Regional Electoral Court of Pará (TRE-PA) has already recorded 21 incidents regarding electronic voting machines and arrests for electoral crimes. Among the cases are arrests due to exit polls and dissemination of propaganda, in addition to complaints through the Pardal app in different municipalities.
Of the 21 incidents, six resulted in the replacement of equipment in Belém and in the municipalities of Castanhal, Juruti and Marabá.
In Marabá, one arrest was recorded by exit poll, in addition to three incidents of the same type without arrest and two related to the dissemination of propaganda, also without arrest.
In Dom Eliseu, 7 arrests were recorded for disseminating propaganda and one for exit polling.
In Maracanã, there was one incident without arrest and two exit-of-poll incidents involving candidates, also without arrest.
In Muaná, three incidents related to the dissemination of propaganda were recorded, with no arrests.
Voters face a queue to vote at Ananindeua school
Voters face queues at Escola Oscarina Penalber, in the Guanabara neighborhood, in Ananindeua, in the Metropolitan Region of Belém, this Sunday (4).
The waiting time was up to 1 hour in one of the voting rooms, according to voters interviewed by g1.
🚌 Movement to vote in Mosqueiro
Voters waited for hours for a bus to Mosqueiro, in Belém, this Sunday (4).
According to g1, some people had been there since 9am. The bus arrived around 12:36 pm and took voters to vote. Tickets are free this election Sunday.
Sign of the distribution of saints in Belém
A man was caught, by the g1 team, distributing cards in front of the Escola Professor João Renato Franco, on Rua dos Pariquis, between avenues Alcindo Cacela and Nove de Janeiro, in Belém, on the morning of this Sunday (4), the day of the first round of the 2026 Elections.
The distribution of campaign material took place close to the polling place. The incident occurred around 9:30 am.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
TRE-PA must initiate formal investigations into the 21 registered incidents of electoral crimes, including arrests for exit polls and dissemination of propaganda.
Very likely · Within weeks
New complaints via the Pardal and Disque Eleitor apps must continue to be registered after the end of voting, especially related to irregularities in the counting process.
Likely · Within days

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