While voting continues in Brazil until 5 p.m., polling stations in Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, Africa and part of Europe have already closed in the runoff between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) on Sunday (Oct. 25). The voting machine reports from these stations were published by Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) and show partial results in each country before the official tally, which starts at 5 p.m. Brasília time.
About 918,000 Brazilians are eligible to vote abroad, in 186 cities in 134 countries, a little over 0.5% of the electorate. Outside Brazil, voters cast a ballot only for president.
Partial results by country
Based on reports compiled by CNN Brasil, Metrópoles and A Gazeta through about 1:30 p.m., Boletim Spark gathered the 28 countries whose figures match in at least two of these outlets. Together, they account for 58,604 valid votes. Flávio leads in 12 of these countries and Lula in 16. The list is sorted by number of valid votes:
- Japan: Flávio Bolsonaro 28,538 (80.08%) vs. Lula 7,098 (19.92%)
- Australia: Flávio Bolsonaro 3,465 (36.54%) vs. Lula 6,017 (63.46%)
- Lebanon: Flávio Bolsonaro 1,276 (31.80%) vs. Lula 2,736 (68.20%)
- United Arab Emirates: Flávio Bolsonaro 772 (54.56%) vs. Lula 643 (45.44%)
- Palestine: Flávio Bolsonaro 46 (4.40%) vs. Lula 1,000 (95.60%)
- Israel: Flávio Bolsonaro 699 (80.81%) vs. Lula 166 (19.19%)
- Jordan: Flávio Bolsonaro 76 (9.49%) vs. Lula 725 (90.51%)
- China (incl. Hong Kong): Flávio Bolsonaro 267 (34.72%) vs. Lula 502 (65.28%)
- Finland: Flávio Bolsonaro 185 (25.17%) vs. Lula 550 (74.83%)
- Greece: Flávio Bolsonaro 311 (54.95%) vs. Lula 255 (45.05%)
- New Zealand: Flávio Bolsonaro 101 (19.46%) vs. Lula 418 (80.54%)
- South Africa: Flávio Bolsonaro 256 (57.92%) vs. Lula 186 (42.08%)
- Qatar: Flávio Bolsonaro 195 (55.08%) vs. Lula 159 (44.92%)
- Singapore: Flávio Bolsonaro 121 (36.23%) vs. Lula 213 (63.77%)
- South Korea: Flávio Bolsonaro 82 (35.65%) vs. Lula 148 (64.35%)
- Mozambique: Flávio Bolsonaro 117 (52.00%) vs. Lula 108 (48.00%)
- Taiwan: Flávio Bolsonaro 130 (58.04%) vs. Lula 94 (41.96%)
- Estonia: Flávio Bolsonaro 33 (17.10%) vs. Lula 160 (82.90%)
- Syria: Flávio Bolsonaro 11 (9.40%) vs. Lula 106 (90.60%)
- Thailand: Flávio Bolsonaro 60 (51.72%) vs. Lula 56 (48.28%)
- Malaysia: Flávio Bolsonaro 44 (51.76%) vs. Lula 41 (48.24%)
- Saudi Arabia: Flávio Bolsonaro 31 (38.75%) vs. Lula 49 (61.25%)
- Kuwait: Flávio Bolsonaro 17 (21.52%) vs. Lula 62 (78.48%)
- Egypt: Flávio Bolsonaro 16 (21.05%) vs. Lula 60 (78.95%)
- Philippines: Flávio Bolsonaro 39 (59.09%) vs. Lula 27 (40.91%)
- Cyprus: Flávio Bolsonaro 25 (46.30%) vs. Lula 29 (53.70%)
- Kenya: Flávio Bolsonaro 16 (35.56%) vs. Lula 29 (64.44%)
- Indonesia: Flávio Bolsonaro 23 (60.53%) vs. Lula 15 (39.47%)
Japan, home to one of the largest Brazilian communities abroad, alone accounts for about 61% of the valid votes on this list. In the other countries, the number of voters per station is much smaller, from a few dozen to a few thousand.
Why the numbers change throughout the day
Abroad, voting runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time in each country. Because of time zones, stations in Oceania and Asia close overnight and in the morning Brasília time. Each machine, when closed, issues a report with the votes cast at that station, which is available for public consultation.
Results from European countries started coming in early in the afternoon, and those from the Americas, such as the United States, Canada and South American neighbors, are expected only in the late afternoon and evening. The figures above are therefore partial and do not indicate the overall result abroad or the national result.
Official tally from 5 p.m.
From 5 p.m., the TSE starts releasing the official tally, which combines votes cast in Brazil and abroad. Figures can be followed on resultados.tse.jus.br and in the Resultados app.
