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Lula's margin dwarfs votes cast after deadline
Brazil's Supreme Court extended voting hours, but only 34,330 late votes were cast, far fewer than Lula's 4.43 million vote victory.
In brief
Brazil's Supreme Court extended voting hours, but only 34,330 late votes were cast, far fewer than Lula's 4.43 million vote victory. Senator Flávio Bolsonaro challenged Brazil's election after the Supreme Court extended voting hours, but data show only 34,330 votes were cast after the initial deadline, far below…
Bolsonaro challenges voting extension
After President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's reelection, defeated Senator Flávio Bolsonaro alleged fraud over Supreme Federal Court Justice Cristiano Zanin's decision to extend voting hours until seven pm on Sunday.
Only 34,330 votes cast after deadline
Researcher Pedro Burgos analysed Superior Electoral Court data and found only 34,330 votes, or 0.03 percent of the total, were cast after five pm. Most were cast by 5:20 pm by voters already in line.
Late votes had no impact on result
Lula won by 4,430,191 votes. The extension of voting hours ordered by Brazilian authorities had no impact on the election result, according to the data analysis.
At a glance
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro challenged Brazil's election after the Supreme Court extended voting hours, but data show only 34,330 votes were cast after the initial deadline, far below Lula's 4,430,191 vote margin.
