Lula received 10 million more votes after the extension of voting hours.
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The Benny ShowOct 26, 2026
The claim that Lula gained 10 million votes after the voting-hours extension is contradicted by Folha's analysis of TSE data, which found only about 34,300 votes were cast after the original deadline, far fewer than Lula's 4.43 million margin.
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… So, it's not like everybody got an opportunity to extend their voting hours. It was a select, specific set of sites that were extended, and that most likely had forewarning that this was going to happen. Once the lights got turned back on two hours later, suddenly Lula had 10 million more votes after this emergency order by the Supreme Court, by Lula's own personal defense attorney. I want to put this in context for Americans, because this might seem i mean, you know, there are people and individuals that we don't know about, and systems that we don't know about, and courts that we don't know …
The Benny Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Folha, citing an analysis by researcher Pedro Burgos of Superior Electoral Court data, reports that only 34,300 votes were cast after the initial deadline and that the extension had no impact on the result.[3]
Context. Korea Times reports Lula gained 10.4 million additional voters compared with the first round, and that 14.1 million more people voted in the runoff than in the first round, a comparison that does not measure votes cast after the extension.[4]
Context. Reuters and AP report the Supreme Court justice extended voting by two hours at the request of Lula's campaign, and that the vote count was paused until the extended window closed, so the extension itself is confirmed.[1][2]
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4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 not rated
- 1Brazil pauses presidential vote count after Supreme Court extends voting hoursreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Lula es declarado ganador de elecciones en Brasil; Flávio ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Only 34,300 Votes Were Cast After Initial Voting Deadline in Brazil's Election; Lula Won by 4.43 Millionwww1.folha.uol.com.br · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Lula mobilized millions to win Brazil's election, while ...koreatimes.co.kr · not rated · cited for: context
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