Election broadcasts allowed as of today

Electioneering communications will be aired on radio and television as of Tuesday (Aug. 19) until October 2, three days before the first round voting for the 2014 General Elections. The advertising slot was established under the Electoral Law to allow candidates running for office as state deputies, federal deputies, senators, state governors, and the president to show their proposals to voters.

Broadcast times were established by the Electoral Law, running daily (except Sundays). Both public and private broadcasters are required to air the campaign ads free of charge. On the radio, broadcasts will take place twice a day from 7:00 to 7:50 am and from 12:00 to 12:50 pm. On TV, broadcast times run from 1:00 to 1:50 pm and from 8:30 to 9:20 pm.

The time slots allowed for each coalition were based on the parties' number of seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Under the “Com a Força do Povo” coalition (which could be loosely translated as “Powered by People”), the ruling president, Dilma Rousseff (PT) will have 11 minutes and 24 seconds each time. “Muda Brasil” (“Change for Brazil”), which endorses Aécio Neves (PSDB), was given four minutes and 35 seconds. “Unidos pelo Brasil” (“United for Brazil”), which was set up to support recently deceased Eduardo Campos (PSB) will have two minutes and three seconds to show their proposals. The remainder of air time on radio and TV was split among the other eight candidates.

Translated by Mayra Borges