TSE annuls Garotinho votes Rio outcome still qualified

Oct 4

TV Brasil reports the TSE's October 8 rejection of Anthony Garotinho's candidacy and withdrawal request and a 5–2 decision excluding more than 270,000 first-round votes. Vladimir Platonow says this paves the way for Douglas Ruas, reported on 49.27%, to win after TRE retabulation on Saturday; Eduardo Paes, on 42.76%, announces an STF appeal and injunction request. This broadcast gives Garotinho 3.71%. Ruas promises attention to communities and action against organized crime without operational details, and says he respected the court process. Rodrigo Brandão says STF intervention is theoretically possible for a constitutional violation but rare. The hosts retain the possible appeal qualification. In a closing return, Portanova reports TRE president Cláudio Mello Tavares's newly announced suspension of radio/TV campaign broadcasts pending resolution, citing airtime costs. Retabulation and an STF outcome remain future or unresolved.

Rio de Janeiro's October 4 governor vote leaves the final first-round outcome unresolved in TV Brasil's October 5 account. Douglas Ruas is reported 0.73 percentage points short of the required majority, Eduardo Paes on 42.76%, and Anthony Garotinho on 3.17%. Garotinho's candidacy and whether his votes count remain before the TSE. Invalidating those votes could produce a Ruas first-round victory; validating them could require an October 25 runoff. Neither outcome is established at airtime. The October 6 live report adds the Electoral Prosecutor's Office's advisory recommendation to accept Garotinho's appeal withdrawal and PSOL's request to count the votes despite the post-result withdrawal. The TSE decision is still pending. The same broadcast's generic runoff explainer lists Rio among governor runoffs; that source statement does not establish the legal outcome and is retained with this unresolved qualification. The October 7 TV Brasil report adds the October 8 hearing notice on accepting Garotinho's appeal withdrawal and urgency before Friday's broadcasting campaign. Final vote annulment could yield a Ruas first-round victory; accepting the votes could require a Ruas–Paes runoff. It still establishes neither a completed TSE ruling nor a final Rio outcome. TV Brasil's October 8 account now reports the TSE's 5–2 exclusion of Garotinho's votes and a TRE retabulation scheduled for Saturday October 10. Ruas is reported at 49.27% and Paes at 42.76%; this broadcast gives Garotinho 3.71%, differing from the earlier 3.17%. The ruling paves the way for an outright Ruas victory, but Paes announces a proposed STF challenge and Brandão retains the rare constitutional-intervention possibility. The hosts retain the qualified result. Retabulation and an STF outcome remain future or unresolved.