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A votação para brasileiros que vivem no exterior começou pela Oceania neste domingo (4). A Nova Zelândia foi o primeiro país a abrir as urnas, às 8h no horário local, o equivalente às 16h deste sábado (3) pelo horário de Brasília. As primeiras seções foram abertas na capital do país, Wellington, e na cidade de Auckland. Uma hora depois, a votação começou na Austrália, onde há locais de votação na capital Camberra e nas cidades de Melbourne, Perth, Sydney e Brisbane.
A votação para brasileiros que vivem no exterior começou pela Oceania neste domingo (4). A Nova Zelândia foi o primeiro país a abrir as urnas, às 8h no horário local, o equivalente às 16h deste sábado (3) pelo horário de Brasília.
As primeiras seções foram abertas na capital do país, Wellington, e na cidade de Auckland. Uma hora depois, a votação começou na Austrália, onde há locais de votação na capital Camberra e nas cidades de Melbourne, Perth, Sydney e Brisbane.
Ao todo, 918.876 brasileiros com domicílio eleitoral fora do país estão aptos a votar em 2026, segundo o Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE). O eleitorado no exterior representa pouco mais de 0,5% do total brasileiro e cresceu 358% desde 2010.
A votação fora do Brasil ocorre em 134 países. Por causa dos diferentes fusos horários, o processo se estende por mais de 29 horas e termina somente às 21h de domingo (4), pelo horário de Brasília, em seções localizadas no Canadá.

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) ended the campaign for the first round of the presidential elections with a motorcade in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, ending at Praça da Fé, in Bangu, where a Catholic mass took place. He did not speak to the press and was accompanied by allies such as Douglas Ruas, PL candidate for governor of Rio. The route covered around 13 km between Campo Grande and Bangu, with verbal confrontations between supporters of Flávio and Adilson Pires, PT candidate for state deputy, with no physical attacks recorded. Douglas Ruas said he hoped to win the state dispute and criticized Lula, calling him an 'expired product'.

A Datafolha survey released this Saturday shows that governor Raquel Lyra (PSD) has 49% of valid voting intentions and the former mayor of Recife João Campos (PSB) has 48%, in a technical tie within the margin of error of two percentage points. Other candidates had 1% or less. 1,650 voters were interviewed between October 2nd and 3rd. The research was contracted by Folha and TV Globo and registered with the Electoral Court under number PE-02404/2026.

Marília Campos (PT) appears with 21% of valid voting intentions for the Senate in Minas Gerais, according to a Datafolha survey released this Saturday (3), in a technical tie with Carlos Viana (PSD, 19%) and Domingos Sávio (PL, 17%). Aécio Neves (PSDB) has 13%.

Governor Celina Leão (PP) leads the race for Government of the Federal District with 55% of valid voting intentions, according to a Datafolha survey released this Saturday (3), followed by Leandro Grass (PT) with 27%. The margin of error is four percentage points.

On Sunday (4), the first round of the 2026 Elections, Juiz de Fora changes municipal service schedules: public transport operates on a weekday basis, UPAs and emergency services operate 24 hours a day, while cultural facilities such as the Mariano Procópio Museum remain closed.

g1 follows in real time the voting day in the 1st round of elections in the South of Minas from 7am this Sunday. Of the 2.29 million voters in the region, 1.92 million have mandatory voting and 369 thousand have optional voting. Poços de Caldas leads the electoral college with 122,471 voters, followed by Pouso Alegre and Varginha. The group aged 40 to 44 is the most representative, with 215,927 voters, while there are more than 316 thousand elderly people aged 70 or over, including 8,323 centenarians. Voting takes place from 8 am to 5 pm Brasília time for president, governors, senators and deputies. The second round, if necessary, will be on October 25th.