Voters face heat and long queues with more than 1 hour of waiting in Greater Recife; Video shows man feeling sick. See reports and images.
At least three people were arrested in Pernambuco on suspicion of exit polling and irregular distribution of campaign material, according to the Secretariat of Social Defense (SDS). The arrests took place in the Madalena neighborhood, in the West Zone of Recife, and in Petrolina, in Sertão.
In a new report released this Sunday afternoon (4), the TRE reported that the number of ballot boxes replaced due to technical problems had risen to 90.
Professor Camila (UP) voted alongside her daughter, Alana, at the José Joaquim da Silva Filho State Technical School. According to her campaign advisor, she was also accompanied by the Senate candidate, Gorett Bitu, and allies. "I left with a feeling of gratitude to all UP activists who embraced the campaign and our candidacies. It was great to talk and listen to our people and their demands", he declared.
Voter gets sick in line to vote at Faculdade dos Guararapes, in Jaboatão, in Greater Recife. Images show him being helped at the scene (see video above).
Candidate for government for the PSTU, Guilherme Fonseca voted at the Reference School for Secondary Education (Erem) Professor Helena Pugó, in the Torrões neighborhood, in the West Zone of Recife. He was accompanied by the candidate for vice-president, Valéria Félix (PSTU), and the candidate for the Senate, Mariano Macedo (PSTU). "On this election day, the vote for our candidacy is to express an alternative to the same families that dominate politics in the state", he stated.
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Voters in Greater Recife have free bus and subway transport this Sunday (4). According to the Metropolitan Transport Consortium (CTM), the benefit will be available from 4am to 7pm on all buses, except optional fleets. The Central and South metro lines will operate free of charge from 5am to 11pm. The Light Rail Vehicle (VLT) does not operate in the election.
A man died after falling ill inside a school in Cupira, in Agreste of the state. He was voting when he had a sudden illness.
Voters registered long queues at polling stations this Sunday morning (4). The photo above was taken at a municipal school in the Rio Doce neighborhood, in Olinda.
Part of the roof of a school that serves as a voting location in Petrolina, in the Sertão of the state, collapsed this Sunday morning (4). Nobody was injured.
To date, 53 ballot boxes have been replaced in Pernambuco, according to the TRE. Three of them in Recife.
Raquel Lyra (PSD) also voted, this Sunday morning (4), at Colégio Diocesano, in Caruaru, in Agreste de Pernambuco, accompanied by allies, her children and her father, former governor João Lyra. "I couldn't get everywhere, but I'm sure I did everything I could over these three years and 10 months," he said.
João Campos (PSB) voted, this Sunday morning (4), at the Professor Cândido Duarte Reference School, in Apipucos, in the North Zone of Recife. "We are very excited about victory. It's the people who will say how it will be, whether in the first or second round," he declared.
Street commerce in Recife operates on an optional basis this Sunday (4), in the first round of the 2026 general elections. According to the Chamber of Store Managers (CDL), each store will define whether it opens and opening hours, and the consumer must pay attention to the publicity of each establishment. Shopping centers and supermarkets are open during normal hours.
"I came from my house and I no longer saw [pamphlets and campaign materials on the street]. But we have an understanding with Emlurb to carry out an inspection throughout the city of Recife so that this doesn't happen", said the president of TRE, Fernando Cerqueira.
