If you are in the United States and want to follow Brazil’s 2026 presidential runoff, the key time is 5:00 PM in Brasília on Sunday, October 25.
That is when the official election calendar says voting closes. After that point, official polling-station data can begin to be issued and processed, and the national count starts updating.
For the easiest experience, use our Brazil Election 2026 live results page. It automatically displays the poll-closing time in the time zone detected by your browser.
Official poll-closing time in Brazil
Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court, the TSE, states in the official 2026 election calendar that second-round voting runs from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Brasília time.
At 5:00 PM Brasília time, voting closes and polling-station reports begin to be issued.
Official source: TSE 2026 election calendar.
What time is 5:00 PM Brasília time in the United States?
On October 25, 2026, Brasília is on UTC-3.
For the major U.S. time zones on that date, the poll-closing moment corresponds approximately to:
| U.S. time zone | Brazil polls close |
|---|---|
| Eastern Time | 4:00 PM EDT |
| Central Time | 3:00 PM CDT |
| Mountain Time | 2:00 PM MDT |
| Pacific Time | 1:00 PM PDT |
| Alaska Time | 12:00 PM AKDT |
| Hawaii Time | 10:00 AM HST |
These conversions are useful for planning, but the live page is safer because it uses the time zone reported by the visitor’s device.
Why is the East Coast only one hour behind Brasília?
Time-zone differences between Brazil and the United States change during the year because U.S. daylight saving time affects many states.
On October 25, 2026, the U.S. is still observing daylight saving time in most places that use it.
That makes Brasília one hour ahead of U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on election day.
This is why 5:00 PM in Brasília corresponds to 4:00 PM in places such as New York, Washington, D.C. and most of Florida.
Some U.S. locations do not follow daylight saving time, so visitors should rely on their local device time rather than a generic chart whenever possible.
Do results appear exactly when polls close?
Not all at once.
The closing of voting marks the transition from voting to reporting and counting.
Official totals are published progressively as election data is received and processed.
The national percentage counted should rise over time, and candidate totals can change as more polling-station results enter the official count.
That is why our live page refreshes automatically during active counting.
How quickly does Brazil count votes?
Brazil’s centralized electronic voting and national reporting system can produce a rapidly changing national count after polls close.
However, no responsible source should promise an exact minute when the final result will be known.
Technical transmission, processing and the geographic distribution of remaining polling stations can affect how quickly the count becomes decisive.
The best way to follow the election is to watch three things at the same time:
- each candidate’s vote total;
- each candidate’s percentage;
- the percentage of the count already processed.
Where will the live numbers come from?
Our English election page uses the same backend prepared for our Portuguese Brazil election page.
The backend is designed to query official election data from Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court.
FamiliaUSA1 is not an election authority and does not create its own vote totals.
If any difference ever appears between our display and an official TSE publication, the TSE record is the authoritative source.
Can I leave the page open?
Yes.
During active voting/counting stages, the page is designed to re-check the election API automatically.
That means you should not need to manually refresh the browser every few seconds.
Before counting starts, the page shows a waiting state. Once official candidate data becomes available, it can render candidate totals and percentages in the same interface.
What if I live in Florida?
Most of Florida uses Eastern Time, while part of the Florida Panhandle uses Central Time.
That means a single statewide statement such as “the results start at 4:00 PM in Florida” would be incomplete.
Our live page avoids this problem by calculating the equivalent time from the visitor’s browser time zone.
If you are in Eastern Time, the scheduled poll close corresponds to 4:00 PM EDT.
If you are in the Central Time portion of Florida, it corresponds to 3:00 PM CDT.
What if I live in Arizona?
Most of Arizona does not observe daylight saving time.
That means a generic “Mountain Time” conversion can be misleading.
Again, the automatic local-time display on our Brazil Election 2026 page is the recommended reference for the viewer.
What should I bookmark for election day?
Use:
Brazil Election 2026 Live Results: Presidential Runoff
The page is in English and includes:
- live official vote data when available;
- automatic updates;
- first-round context;
- a local-time conversion;
- links to the official TSE source.
If you want to understand the election rules first, read How Brazil’s presidential runoff works in 2026.
Bottom line
Brazil’s presidential runoff polls are scheduled to close at 5:00 PM Brasília time on October 25, 2026.
For most viewers on the U.S. East Coast, that is 4:00 PM EDT. For the Central, Mountain and Pacific zones, it is earlier in the afternoon.
The official count will then update progressively rather than appearing as a complete final result at the exact closing time.
Open the live results page on election day and it will show the equivalent closing time in your own time zone.