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Brazil Extends Voting Hours After Brief Ballot Count Pause Hot: Odds moved 26 points in 24 hours

The Supreme Court extended voting hours across the nation as electoral authorities paused ballot counting in one of its most tightly contested elections.

3 publishers · 3 articles · first seen 25 Oct 2026 · updated 19m ago

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First reported by Bloomberg Markets, 1h 09m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first

The odds

How the odds moved · Will voter turnout in the second round of the 2026 Brazil presidential election be 80-82%?
0%50%100%33%20 Oct, 10:24 UTCnowBloomberg Markets: Brazil Extends Voting by Two Hours After Briefly Starting Count · 25 Oct, 20:08 UTCDeutsche Welle: Brazil elections: Vote counting resumes after extension · 25 Oct, 22:15 UTCSouth China Morning Post: Brazil pauses presidential vote count after Supreme Court extends voting hours · 25 Oct, 21:18 UTC

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TimeChance of yes
now33%
25 Oct, 22:20 UTC39%
25 Oct, 21:57 UTC32%
25 Oct, 21:29 UTC22%
25 Oct, 20:56 UTC20%
22 Oct, 03:30 UTC14%
22 Oct, 03:23 UTC12%
22 Oct, 02:54 UTC14%
22 Oct, 02:26 UTC13%
22 Oct, 01:58 UTC14%
22 Oct, 01:29 UTC13%
22 Oct, 00:52 UTC13%
22 Oct, 00:17 UTC11%
21 Oct, 23:21 UTC11%
21 Oct, 22:02 UTC14%
21 Oct, 21:48 UTC15%
21 Oct, 14:32 UTC16%
21 Oct, 13:40 UTC16%
21 Oct, 12:42 UTC17%
21 Oct, 11:38 UTC17%
21 Oct, 10:24 UTC18%
20 Oct, 10:24 UTC16%

The story so far

3 publishers have covered this in 3 articles since 25 Oct 2026. Bloomberg Markets published first, on 25 October at 20:08 UTC; South China Morning Post followed 1h 10m later. The most recent article, from Deutsche Welle, appeared on 25 October at 22:15 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: Bloomberg Markets (major outlet), South China Morning Post, Deutsche Welle.

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How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Will voter turnout in the second round of the 2026 Brazil presidential election be 80-82%? at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

  1. Bloomberg MarketsBrazil Extends Voting by Two Hours After Briefly Starting Count14%
  2. South China Morning PostBrazil pauses presidential vote count after Supreme Court extends voting hours20%▲7 points since the previous source
  3. Deutsche WelleBrazil elections: Vote counting resumes after extension32%▲12 points since the previous source
  4. Current odds33%

Sources

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  1. Brazil Extends Voting by Two Hours After Briefly Starting Count Bloomberg Markets ·
  2. Brazil elections: Vote counting resumes after extension Deutsche Welle
  3. Brazil pauses presidential vote count after Supreme Court extends voting hours South China Morning Post

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