The official website of the TSE indicates that the political broadcasting through public meetings or promotion of rallies and the use of fixed sound equipment are forbidden from this Friday, except for the closing act of the campaign, which may last two other hours.

The court specifies that the paid electoral publicity ends at 22:00 hours, local time, on Saturday. Until that moment, the legislation also allows the free broadcast of content on the Internet.

The measure also foresees that the activities will remain closed 24 hours after Sunday’s runoff vote has ended.

The Electoral Justice confirmed that former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a candidate of the Workers’ Party who seeks his third term in office, won the first round with 48.43 percent of the votes on October 2.

Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who seeks a reelection for the Liberal Party, received 43.20 percent, a much higher indicator than predicted by opinion polls.

Both politicians will compete in the runoff vote as they did not achieve an absolute majority of votes, that is, more than half of the valid votes, excluding blank and null votes, as the Brazilian legislation establishes to be elected president.

A poll conducted by the Datafolha Institute, published this Thursday, reveals that the former president has 53 percent of the valid votes versus 47 percent for the former military officer in the referendum.

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