Where are the ballot boxes that Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro 'zeroed' in the 2nd round

The situation is not unusual or unprecedented in Brazilian elections and, in itself, does not indicate irregularities. The 110 sections represent 0.02% of the more than 490 thousand electoral stations in Brazil and abroad.

Of the total, in 106 sections, distributed across 67 Brazilian municipalities, Flávio Bolsonaro received no votes. In these same sections, Lula received 14,860 votes.

Lula did not receive votes in four sections, located in the municipalities of Chaves (PA), Jacareacanga (PA), Arroio do Padre (RS) and Cândido Godói (RS). In these sections, Flávio Bolsonaro received 296 votes in total.

In general, these are polling stations with few voters, located in small communities and far from large urban centers. See, at the end of the report, how the survey was carried out.

Sections in which Flávio Bolsonaro did not receive votes: are predominantly located in indigenous villages, quilombola communities and riverside villages in the Amazon and the Northeast.

Sections in which Lula did not receive votes: they are located in small rural communities, such as agricultural colonies in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul and rural locations in Pará.

Most of the polling stations in which Flávio Bolsonaro did not receive votes are in the North Region, with 65 stations distributed across 34 municipalities. Next comes the Northeast, with 29 sections in 22 municipalities.

In the Central-West, six sections were identified in six municipalities. In the Southeast and South, there were three sections in three municipalities in each region.

Section profile: indigenous, rural and riverside communities

Among the municipalities that registered more than one polling station without votes for Flávio Bolsonaro, there are locations with a large presence of indigenous populations, riverside communities and rural settlements, in addition to difficult-to-access areas in the Legal Amazon.

Uiramutã (RR) was the municipality with the largest number of sections in this situation: seven, in which Lula received 1,163 votes in total. In the municipality, 96.6% of the population declares themselves indigenous.

Uiramutã has 38 electoral stations, which totaled 7,596 valid votes in the second round. Considering all sections of the municipality, Lula received 5,535 votes (72.87%) and Flávio Bolsonaro, 2,061 (27.13%).

Atalaia do Norte and São Gabriel da Cachoeira, both in Amazonas, registered five electoral sections each in which Flávio Bolsonaro did not receive votes.

Atalaia do Norte is home to part of the Vale do Javari Indigenous Land, where isolated indigenous peoples live. In São Gabriel da Cachoeira, around 90% of the population is indigenous.

Atalaia do Norte has 32 electoral stations, which totaled 6,824 valid votes in the second round. Considering all sections of the municipality, Lula received 5,310 votes (77.81%) and Flávio Bolsonaro, 1,514 (22.19%).

São Gabriel da Cachoeira registered 23,213 valid votes in 103 polling stations. Of this total, Lula received 18,570 votes (80%) and Flávio Bolsonaro, 4,643 (20%).

The survey also identified polling stations in capitals and large urban centers in which Flávio Bolsonaro did not receive votes. In these cases, the sections registered a relatively small number of valid votes and were located in locations further away from the central areas of these municipalities.

Examples include electoral stations in Teresina (PI), which recorded 16 votes, and Porto Velho (RO), with 106 votes counted.

In Teresina, the section in which Flávio Bolsonaro did not receive votes is in the village of Fazenda Nova, in the rural area of ​​the capital of Piauí. In it, the 16 votes recorded went to Lula.

In Porto Velho, the section is located in the Karitiana Indigenous Land. 106 votes were recorded, of which 104 were for Lula and two were blank or invalid.

Considering all electoral stations in Teresina, Lula received 337,154 votes (67.98%) and Flávio Bolsonaro, 158,802 (32.02%), out of a total of 495,956 valid votes distributed across 1,843 stations.

In Porto Velho, 283,411 valid votes were recorded in the municipality's 1,285 electoral stations. Of this total, Lula received 108,657 votes (38.34%) and Flávio Bolsonaro, 174,754 (61.66%).

In the four electoral sections in which Lula did not receive votes, rural locations or small municipalities in the interior of the country were also identified.

In Chaves (PA), on Marajó Island, the 63 electoral stations in the municipality, which has 20,757 inhabitants, registered 9,901 valid votes. Lula received 6,899 votes (69.68%) and Flávio Bolsonaro, 3,002 (30.32%).

In the section where Lula did not receive votes, located in the rural area of ​​the municipality, 49 votes were recorded: 48 for Flávio Bolsonaro and one blank or null.

In Arroio do Padre (RS), a municipality with 2,599 inhabitants, the ten voting stations totaled 2,461 valid votes. Flávio Bolsonaro received 2,119 votes (86.1%) and Lula, 342 (13.9%).

In the section where Lula did not receive votes, 118 votes were recorded: 116 for Flávio Bolsonaro and two blank or null votes.

How the survey was carried out

The g1 survey analyzed the Ballot Boxes (BU) of the more than 490 thousand voting stations used in the second round of the election, in Brazil and abroad. Of this total, 110 registered zero votes for one of the candidates.

The ballot box is a public document printed by the electronic voting machine itself immediately after voting ends. It brings together data from each electoral section, allowing results to be collated.

The information recorded includes the number of voters eligible to vote, the total number of voters who turned out, blank and invalid votes and the number of votes received by each candidate.

Case also happened in 2022

In the second round of the 2022 election, Lula did not receive any votes in four polling stations: two in Caracas, Venezuela; one in Chaves (PA) — a municipality that also registered a section without votes for it in 2026 —; and another in Charrua (RS). In these four sections, Jair Bolsonaro (PL) totaled 124 votes.

In the same election, Bolsonaro did not receive any votes in 143 polling stations, in which Lula received 16,455 votes. Most of these sections were in the North and Northeast regions.

Among the sections in which Bolsonaro did not receive votes, two were abroad: one in Puerto Iguazú, Argentina, and another in Havana, Cuba.