Brazil election results 2026 live: Top court extends voting for two hours — SkimNews
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- Cristiano Zanin, a justice on Brazil's Supreme Court, ordered voting in the country's presidential runoff on Sunday to be extended by two hours, granting a request from President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's campaign.
- Brazil's polls were expected to close at 5pm local time (20:00 GMT), with results expected in the coming hours after Zanin's order stretched voting beyond that deadline.
- Flavio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva square off in the closely watched runoff, with nearly 160 million eligible voters casting ballots in the extended voting period.
- The Guardian is running parallel live coverage of the second-round results, its headline converging on the same Brazil runoff rather than on the court's extension of voting time.
Why it matters: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's campaign asked Brazil's top court for two extra hours, and Justice Cristiano Zanin granted it, pushing voting past the scheduled 5pm (20:00 GMT) close for nearly 160 million eligible voters. The procedural win for the president's side comes with a later count and results still hours out.
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