PL Leads for 19 of 54 Brazil Senate Seats
Brazil's PL leads for 19 of the 54 Senate seats in the TSE count at 9:50 p.m. Brasília time, ahead of the MDB with 7 and the PT with 5. The post PL Leads for 19 of 54 Brazil Senate Seats appeared first on The Rio Times .
The Liberal Party (PL) of former President Jair Bolsonaro is leading for 19 of the 54 Senate seats up for election in Brazil, the most of any party. The MDB follows with 7 seats and the Workers' Party (PT) of President Luiz Inácio Lula has 5 seats. In 25 of the 27 states, the gap between second and third place is larger than the number of uncounted votes.
Ten states (20 seats) are fully counted and marked as elected by the TSE. Three seats remain unsettled - one in Pará, one in Rio Grande do Norte, and one in Paraná where Deltan Dallagnol's candidacy is contested in court. The final figures are as of 9:50 p.m. Brasília time on Sunday, October 4, 2026 (8:50 p.m. ET). The Senate has no runoff, and new senators will take office on February 1, 2027.
Brazil's Senate is trending to the right, with the PL leading for 19 seats and the PT leading for 5. Excluding the three open seats, 51 seats have been secured by these two parties.
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