
Coverage of the 1st round records long queues, arrests for irregular advertising and movement at polling places in the Lagos Region.
AI-generated summary
Voters vote this Sunday (4) in the cities of Cabo Frio and Iguaba Grande, in the Lakes Region of Rio.
Section 274 at Colégio Estadual Miguel Couto, in Cabo Frio, is recording one of the longest queues in the place. While the others are walking with around 20 minutes of waiting, in this section there are reports of an hour of waiting.
In Iguaba Grande, the Military Police and representatives of the Public Ministry detained a 66-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman, found with political campaign materials, including stickers, saints and an electoral propaganda flag. Those involved and the materials were sent to the 129th Police Station.
Voters who vote at Colégio Municipal Rui Barbosa, in the center of Cabo Frio, in the Lakes Region of Rio, complain about the long queues to vote. According to them, there is control at the school entrance, while waiting to enter, many voters need to stay in the sun. According to Clima Tempo, the temperature in the city varies between 21° and a maximum of 25° degrees, this Sunday (4). The college has nine polling stations and, in total, 2,958 voters are able to vote there.
Voters report that at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), in Cabo Frio, waiting in lines is taking around 20 minutes. The preferential queues began to flow. A man interviewed by g1 gave a tip:
"It was peaceful. You can't help but bring the glue, otherwise it will be bad (laughs). It's very important for you to come and vote", said Milton Carlos, real estate agent.
Hello everyone, the priority line at some voting locations is taking a long time to move, according to reports from elderly people who are waiting. According to a 91-year-old man, he has been waiting for more than an hour for his turn to vote at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
Hey guys! On several streets in Cabo Frio we can see a lot of election campaign trash thrown on the ground, especially around polling places. Isabela Chaboudt spoke to cleaning teams and discovered that, even before the gates opened, they had already been sweeping up election propaganda for over an hour.
We are starting our coverage in Real Time, and voters are already arriving at the polling places. This is the Professor Edilson Duarte Municipal School, in Jardim Caiçara, in Cabo Frio. The queue at the site started at 7am. It is the largest polling place in zone 96. There are 5,547 voters.
1st SHIFT COVERAGE - Hello everyone! Throughout this Sunday (4) you can follow all the movement of voters on this voting day. Our journalism will be on the streets of the main cities bringing information and guidance. Stay with us!

During the first round of the 2026 general elections in Pernambuco, voters fell ill in queues to vote, a man died after feeling ill at a school in Cupira and part of the ceiling of a school in Petrolina collapsed with no injuries. Candidates such as Guilherme Fonseca (PSTU), Raquel Lyra (PSD), João Campos (PSB) and Ivan Moraes (PSOL) voted in different cities in the state, while public transport was free in Greater Recife and the MPT worked to receive reports of electoral harassment.

The candidate for the Senate for Ceará, Alcides Fernandes (PL), voted in Fortaleza this Sunday (4) and declared a feeling of 'duty accomplished', defending the 'liberation' of Ceará and stating that, if it is God's will, he will represent the more than 9 million people of Ceará.

Adailton Furia, PSD candidate for the government of Rondônia, voted in Cacoal this Sunday (4) and stated that he believes in going to the second round, highlighting the campaign carried out in 52 municipalities and the hope of electing a son of the soil to govern the state.

Candidate highlights the optimism of the campaign in Piauí, states that political change has already begun and believes in victory in the 2026 elections, with 2.7 million voters able to vote this Sunday (4) for various positions, including president and governor.

The candidate for the government of Mato Grosso, Wellington Fagundes (PL), voted at the Adolfo Augusto de Moraes State School, in Rondonópolis, this Sunday (4), accompanied by his wife. After voting, he stated that he hoped that the results of the elections would contribute to social justice and freedom, declared confidence in the results of the polls and mentioned President Jair Bolsonaro as a figure who would make the elections more democratic.

The candidate for governor of Rio de Janeiro, Juliete Pantoja (UP), voted at 12:24 pm this Sunday (4) at the Adlai Stevenson Municipal School, in Vista Alegre, North Zone of Rio, accompanied by party companions and her 16-year-old son. She is 36 years old, a popular educator and MLB activist, and is running for government for the second time.