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Leandro Vieira called on people to go to the streets on October 12th, at 3 PM, at Arcos da Lapa, in Rio de Janeiro. He wrote that some elections would be remembered not only for the results but also for those who chose not to remain indifferent, and stated that "the samba does not silence." https://t.co/rcI5eZayuI #Samba #Elections2023 #Protesto (translated)

Éloïse Coulombe wrote that her campaign had ended the day before and expressed pride in her team and the work accomplished on the ground. She thanked the residents of Charlesbourg for their trust and said she would continue to meet with them as a member of parliament. She congratulated the other candidates in Charlesbourg—Gabriel Coulombe, Marie-Josée Morency, Georges Goma, and Seynabou Top—and described the campaign as friendly and respectful, focused on ideas, substance, and debates. Coulombe also expressed pride in her conservative colleagues and congratulated elected officials from other parties, adding that she hoped to work with them in the interest of Quebecers. #Élections2023 #Charlesbourg #PolitiqueQuébécoise (translated)

Electomanía pointed out that, according to Article 14, the internal tracking of the PSOE indicated 126 deputies for the PP and 70 for Vox. It added that the media stated that in Ferraz they were confident about recovering during the campaign and aimed to reach 33% and 129 deputies. https://t.co/oaiu1WBnwz https://t.co/K85qlpaK49 #PSOE #Elections2023 #Política (translated)

Pat Laliberté from La Tribune du peuple criticized Radio-Canada's decision to invite Manon Massé to comment on the results on election night. He compared this decision to asking a Buddhist monk to analyze the 6/49 lottery draw. https://t.co/dBtCIjcuCp #Élections2023 #RadioCanada #Politique (translated)

The author estimated that the first round of the presidential election in Brazil confirmed a global wave in favor of the far right. According to him, Flávio Bolsonaro came in first with 47% of the votes, ahead of the outgoing president Lula by more than 2 million votes. He also reported setbacks for Lula's camp. #Brésil #Élections2023 #ExtrêmeDroite #BR #FR (translated)

Alexandra Lavoie reported that Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge had publicly supported Éric Duhaime and the Quebec Conservative Party on the eve of the October 5 vote, citing "reliable sources." She placed this support in a campaign marked, according to her, by the positions of public figures: Olivier Primeau had supported the CAQ, Christian Bégin Quebec solidaire, and Paul Piché the Parti québécois. Marc Bellemare, Mario Pelchat, and Gilles Lehouillier were among other personalities who supported the conservatives, she added. Lavoie recalled that Lemay-Thivierge and Duhaime had met on the show Tout le monde en parle in April 2021, during a discussion about vaccination and the vaccine passport. She also recounted that in the summer of 2022, Duhaime had made a tandem jump at the Voltige Parachuting School, of which Lemay-Thivierge was a co-owner, in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, near Joliette. Duhaime had then said that the actor helped him overcome his fear, according to Lavoie. https://t.co/AbEjoWS14C #PolitiqueQc #Élections2023 #Québec (translated)

Jeff Fillion predicted that the PCQ would win 25 seats and that the PQ would form a minority government. He also estimated that the CAQ would be wiped off the map, blaming it for its attitude towards the population during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. He added that the candidate he described as shady in Arthabaska could lose his seat, and then he urged his followers to vote. #Élections2023 #Voter #PolitiqueQuébécoise (translated)

Sir 𝕏 wrote that Flavio Bolsonaro had already surpassed 50% of the electoral counting. He estimated that the electoral evening could be historic and surprise the whole world, stating that the entire planet was following the situation in Brazil. https://t.co/6YbmPijjzS #Brésil #Élections2023 #Politique (translated)

The French Mileists wrote that David Lisnard had reached a record on Polymarket, at 9.6%, while Édouard Philippe was declining and their curves might soon cross. The account presented Lisnard as the only serious alternative to Marine Le Pen, whom he described as "socialo-rightist," and estimated that Bruno Retaileau, then at 1%, had minuscule, if not zero, chances of winning. He called on the latter to withdraw and rally behind Lisnard. #Politique #Élections2023 #DavidLisnard (translated)

Eric Duhaime indicated that the Conservative Party of Quebec had obtained 20% in the last Léger poll of the campaign, its best result with this firm, according to him. Two days before the election, he called on the party to convince more voters and urged Quebecers to vote on Monday. He presented the PCQ as the only center-right autonomist party, claiming that it was the only one wanting to reduce taxes, eliminate waste of public funds, and prevent a referendum on sovereignty. Duhaime added that a good result in a poll was not enough to elect candidates. #Québec #Élections2023 #Politique (translated)

The author had presented the election in Brazil as a high-risk vote for Latin America. He had claimed that the far right was already governing in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, and Peru. He added that the outgoing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, aged 80, was facing the son of someone, without specifying his identity in the text. #Brésil #Élections2023 #PolitiqueLatine #BR #AR #BO #CL #CO #CR #EC #HN #PE (translated)

Sami Abu Shehadeh, leader of the Israeli Arab opposition party Balad, was forced to withdraw his candidacy for the 2023 legislative elections under pressure from the Supreme Court, following controversy related to his comments on the Hamas attacks of October 7. #Israël #Palestine #Elections2023 (translated)