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BackElections in Bahia: candidate voting, dry law in 204 cities and PF rules out risk to embassies
Elections in Bahia: candidate voting, dry law in 204 cities and PF rules out risk to embassies
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Elections in Bahia: candidate voting, dry law in 204 cities and PF rules out risk to embassies

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  • During the first round of municipal elections in Bahia, candidates such as Rui Costa, Angelo Coronel, João Roma and ACM Neto voted in Salvador, while 204 cities in Bahia applied dry law.
  • A 65-year-old man died after a heart attack at a polling place in Cotegipe.
  • The Federal Police stated that they found no signs of risk to embassies in Brasília.

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Why It Matters

The first round of the 2024 municipal elections took place this Sunday (4) across Brazil, with voting for mayors, councilors and, in some states, for senators and governors. In Bahia, in addition to the municipal dispute, there was a supplementary election for the Senate due to a vacant seat.

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While the votes are being counted, we remember what election Sunday was like. Earlier, singer Léo Santana took his 5-year-old daughter Liz to vote with him. The moment was published on social media: "Citizen's role played successfully", he wrote.

A 65-year-old man died after suffering a heart attack this Sunday (4), at a polling place in Cotegipe, in western Bahia. He was identified as Gilson Pereira da Silva. Find out more in the report.

Singer Daniela Mercury went to the polls with her family in this first electoral round. She posted on social media: "Long live democracy! What a joy to be able to vote for who I believe in. And as a family." Daniela votes in her hometown, Salvador.

The Senate candidate, Rui Costa (PT), voted this Sunday (4), at Colégio Duque de Caxias, in the Liberdade neighborhood, in Salvador.

Accompanied by party supporters, Rui Costa voted at around 2:30 pm, after waiting in line for more than two hours.

The candidate for the Senate, Angelo Coronel (Republicans) voted this Sunday (4), at Colégio Marízia Maior, in the Stella Maris neighborhood, in Salvador.

Angelo Coronel voted at around 1:30 pm, accompanied by the candidate for governor of Bahia, ACM Neto (União Brasil); the mayor of Salvador, Bruno Reis (União Brasil); his son, the candidate for state deputy Angelo Coronel Filho (Republicans); and his wife, Eleusa Coronel.

The Senate candidate, João Roma (PL), voted this Sunday (4), at the Faculty of Education of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), in the Canela neighborhood, in Salvador.

João Roma returned around 12pm, accompanied by his wife, Roberta Roma, and his two children, João and Clarice.

Candidate ACM Neto (União Brasil) voted, this Sunday morning (4), at the Faculty of Administration of the Federal University of Bahia (Ufba), in Salvador. He arrived at the location late in the morning, but only voted at around 12:50 pm.

ACM Neto was accompanied by his wife, Mariana Barreto, his three children, Lívia, Marcela and Antônio Carlos, and the senatorial candidates João Roma (PL) and Angelo Coronel (Republicans).

204 cities in Bahia are under dry law, according to TRE-BA.

More than 200 cities in Bahia will have restrictions or bans on the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the first round of elections, this Sunday (4).

Salvador does not appear on the list released by TRE-BA and, until the last update of this report, no electoral zone in the capital had determined Dry Law. In some cities in the state, whether or not the law is applied depends on determinations made in "Head Municipalities", which define the situation throughout the electoral zone.

See list of cities: glo.bo/9c68ci0

The director general of the Federal Police (PF), Andrei Rodrigues, stated this Sunday (4) that investigations did not identify the possibility of risk or signs of attack plans against embassies in Brasília.

The PF executed two search and seizure warrants on Friday (2) in an investigation into an alleged plan against the United States Embassy in Brazil. Investigators targeted two suspects.

The action occurred after foreign diplomatic representations in Brazil issued security alerts on Friday (2).

"We did not find concrete elements about the existence of risk for any embassy. There was no plan, there was nothing that we identified," said Andrei Rodrigues. (See more)

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • TRE-BA will release the official results of the municipal elections in Bahia in the coming days.

    Very likely · Within days

  • There will be new updates on the PF investigation related to alleged plans against embassies.

    Possible · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • What was the exact cause of Gilson Pereira da Silva's heart attack?
  • Will there be an investigation into the conditions at the polling place in Cotegipe where the death occurred?
  • What were the criteria used by TRE-BA to define the 204 cities with dry law?
  • Will the PF continue to monitor possible threats to embassies despite not having found any evidence now?

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