Brazil TSE Blocks Deltan Dallagnol Senate Candidacy
Justice Floriano de Azevedo Marques overturned a regional court ruling, voiding votes for the former Lava Jato prosecutor on election eve.
KEY POINTS
- TSE Justice Floriano de Azevedo Marques blocked Dallagnol's Senate candidacy on Oct 3, 2026.
- Ruling voids votes for Dallagnol in the Oct 4 election.
- Decision cites 2023 precedent: resignation was fraud to dodge ineligibility.
- TRE-PR had approved candidacy; TSE overruled regional court.
- Ruling is monocratic and subject to full court review.
Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) barred former federal prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol from running for senator from Paraná on Saturday, October 3, one day before the first round of voting. Justice Floriano de Azevedo Marques issued the monocratic ruling at 7:32 p.m., overturning the Regional Electoral Court (TRE-PR) which had approved his candidacy.
The justice ruled that Dallagnol's 2021 resignation from the Public Prosecutor's Office constituted fraud to avoid ineligibility under the Clean Record Law, echoing a 2023 TSE decision that stripped his federal deputy mandate. Floriano determined that no new facts justified reversing that precedent.
“The resignation occurred in a context indicating the intention to avoid the application of electoral legislation.”
Votes cast for Dallagnol's ticket will be annulled in Sunday's count. The TRE-PR was ordered to immediately update the candidacy status to "deferred," even if technical systems cannot be changed before voting begins.
The ruling was prompted by an appeal from the "Paraná for All" coalition, which supports PDT candidate Requião Filho for governor. The decision is provisional and will be reviewed by the full TSE bench.
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