Deadline to render accounts of electoral campaign in Brazil ends

Brasilia, Nov 1 (Prensa Latina) The political parties and candidates that competed in the first round of general elections in Brazil on October 2 have until this Tuesday to render accounts before the Electoral Justice on campaign expenses.

November 1, 2022
07:10

The political organizations that competed in isolation, in a coalition, or as part of a party federation should present the detail of the financial movement individually at the municipal, regional and national levels. They must also report the income and expenses of the candidates and alternates in each case.

Only 9.74 percent of candidates and 1.43 percent of parties rendered accounts up to October 27.

In a communique, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) advised those responsible for transmitting the information to speed up the submission.

More than 156 million Brazilians went to the polls to elect the president, 27 governors, 513 lawmakers, one-third of the Senate, and renew the representatives in the regional legislative assemblies.

In the first round of the referendum, former unionist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a candidate for the Workers’ Party, got 48.43 percent of the valid votes, and far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro, who sought a reelection for the Liberal Party, received 43.20 percent.

In a too-close election, Lula won the Sunday runoff with 50.90 percent, and the former military man reached 49.10 percent.

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