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This Sunday's elections (4) in the South of Minas Gerais maintained the same number of people elected to the state and federal benches compared to 2022, with nine state deputies and four federal deputies elected.
The South of Minas elected nine state deputies and four federal deputies in this Sunday's elections (4). The number of people elected from both benches is the same as in the 2022 elections in the region.
Seven state deputies were re-elected. In relation to 2022, Dr. Paulo (União) and Professor Cleiton (PV) were not re-elected. On the other hand, Marcelo Heitor (PL) and Marília Amaral (PL) were elected for the first time.
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State Deputies
Re-elected:
Antônio Carlos Arantes (PL)
Dr. Maurício (New)
Duarte (PSD)
Luizinho (PT)
Mário Henrique Caixa (PV)
Mauro Tramonte (Republicans)
Ulysses Gomes (PT)
Newly elected:
Marcelo Heitor (PL)
Marilia Amaral (PL)
State deputy Cássio Soares (PSD), elected in 2022, ran for federal deputy in these elections and was also not elected.
Federal Deputies
Re-elected:
Dimas Fabiano (PP)
Emidinho Madeira (PL)
Rafael Simões (União)
Reginaldo Lopes (PT)
⚠️ g1 follows incidents: Candidate for federal deputy Renato Andrade (PSB) was detained by the Military Police this Sunday afternoon, in Passos, on suspicion of exit polling. According to the PM, the military found the candidate wearing election propaganda clothing and greeting voters who arrived to vote. The incident was reported to the Electoral Court, which determined the candidate's conduct. The EPTV report sought advice from Renato Andrade for a position, but has not received any feedback so far.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Renato Andrade will be heard by the Electoral Court regarding the exit poll case.
Very likely · Within days

With 99.99% of the ballots counted, Flávio Bolsonaro obtained 56.1 million votes (47.03%), while Lula had 53.8 million (45.16%). The highest levels of support for Bolsonaro occurred in Roraima, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso and Acre, while Lula led in Piauí, Bahia, Maranhão, Pernambuco and Sergipe.

Filipe Barros (PL), elected senator for Paraná at the age of 35, will be the youngest in the country since 1903 when he takes office in February 2027. Júlio César de Carvalho Lima (PSD), at 78 years old, is the oldest senator elected. Among the governors, Lucas Ribeiro (PP), aged 37, is the youngest in Paraíba, and Jorginho Mello (PL), aged 70, re-elected in Santa Catarina, is the oldest.

After losing the election for the government of Bahia, ACM Neto (União Brasil) criticized the campaign of current governor Jerônimo Rodrigues (PT) as 'low level', citing personal attacks and lies. Meanwhile, candidate Elielson de Jesus Santos (Percata) was arrested on suspicion of 'exiting the poll' in Laje, and a 52-year-old man was arrested in Aramari for disrespecting poll workers.

White and null votes in the 2026 elections represented 4.51% of the total, with 1.69% white and 2.82% null, maintaining a similar level to that of 2022 and well below the 18.7% recorded in 1998, confirming the downward trend in the last two presidential elections.

US President Donald Trump confused Brazil with India when commenting on the speed of the electoral count on social media, taking advantage of the moment to criticize the American voting system and raise suspicions without evidence.

In Pará, voting in the municipal elections took place this Sunday (4) with the gates of polling places closed at 5pm in Belém, while in other points voters who arrived early waited to vote. In Altamira, 200 indigenous people from the Laranjal village voted for the first time after moving ballot boxes by car and boat. The president of Podemos Ananindeua, Alex Hage, was arrested by the Federal Police. More than 17 thousand indigenous voters are eligible to vote in the state.