8 states in the south + the Federal capital Brasília have just ended voting. Next come the north-eastern states which end in about 30 minutes and then we go across the other Brazilian time zones to wrap everything up at 7pm (10pm UK). Only then will we get the first president results but our state governor's results will be in before then.
Last minute polls suggest our 2 chosen candidates for re-election have their noses in front, but Brazilian opinion polls are notoriusly unreliable so we will have to wait and see.
As a kid I always used to stay up with my Dad all night on election nights. Nowadays it's a lot simpler with electronic balloting giving results within 2 or 3 hours over a vast country like Brazil!
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