Operation Elections 2026 records exit poll incidents in São Paulo

According to a partial report released by the Public Security Secretariat (SSP), among the incidents attended to are exit complaints in the capital and in the interior of São Paulo.

In the region of Santo Amaro, in the South Zone of São Paulo, military police were called after a report of a possible exit from the polls on public roads. According to the SSP, the teams found the irregularity and three people were arrested and taken to the 43rd Police District.

In Mogi Mirim, in the interior of the state, the PM also received a tip-off report near the Escola Técnica Estadual (Etec) Pedro Ferreira Alves, on Rua Ariovaldo Silveira Franco. Police officers went to the address and the incident was registered at the city's Judicial Police Center (CPJ). The SSP did not say whether there were any detainees in this case.

The occurrences are monitored within Operation Elections 2026, set up by the SSP to act during the voting of the 34.1 million voters eligible to vote in more than 11 thousand locations in the state.

Since 6 am this Sunday, the Military Police has maintained overt and preventive policing in the regions of the polling places. In previous days, the corporation also participated in escorting, distributing and guarding electronic voting machines.

The Civil Police has reinforced its shifts throughout the state and maintains specialized teams on standby to record and investigate any incidents related to the elections.

Monitoring is carried out in real time by the Incident Management Room, installed in the Military Police Operations Center (Copom), in conjunction with the SSP's Integrated Command and Control Center (CICC). The Civil Police also monitors records through its Communications and Operations Center (Cepol).