Brazil’s overseas presidential vote began in the Pacific, where the time difference put New Zealand’s voters at the front of the global queue. The Brazil Left source says polling stations in Wellington and Auckland opened at 4 p.m. Saturday in Brasília, because New Zealand was already 16 hours ahead and had moved into Sunday.¹

The Brazil Right source gives the same basic account, saying Brazilians in New Zealand were the first to vote at 8 a.m. local time, followed by polling in Australia and Japan.² It adds that Australia has voting locations in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Canberra, while Japan has eight sites serving more than 80,000 eligible voters.²

Both accounts portray the overseas ballot as a limited but nationally coordinated operation. The left-leaning report puts the number of eligible voters abroad at more than 918,000 across 186 cities — about 0.5% of Brazil’s electorate — and notes that they vote only for president and vice-president.¹ The right-leaning report gives a more precise total of 918,876 and says the electoral authorities prepared about 1,400 electronic voting machines, including backups.²

The accompanying posts similarly concentrate on participation rather than a candidate tally. One shared post invited Brazilians to send video records of election day, including “the arrival at the polling place” and street activity.Allan Dos Santos (allanconta5)³ Another urged voters: “Your vote is your voice. Do not let others decide for you.”Allan Dos Santos (allanconta5)⁴ A separate post cited 2022 figures showing blank and null presidential ballots together totalled about 5.4 million votes, or 4.41% of the total.Allan Dos Santos (allanconta5)⁵

None of the supplied articles or posts provides vote totals from Australia, New Zealand or South Korea, or substantiates the stated outcome involving Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro. They document the opening of polls and calls for participation, not a verified overseas result.