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The Brazilian government on Wednesday rejected concerns over the country's e-voting system after the weekend's elections, saying the technology was "absolutely safe".
The favorite's candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, who won the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, explained that e-voting issues had prevented him from winning an outright victory.
The far-right candidate will face leftist Fernando Haddad in the second round on 28 October, after receiving 46% of the vote, against 29% in the first round.
"For us, we are proud to have an absolutely safe and trustworthy electoral system," said Brazilian Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes, during a press visit at the press conference. a visit to Lisbon on Wednesday.
"Of course, in such a vast country, it is possible that some polling stations present problems, but they are solved immediately."
The minister said the voting system allowed the results to be calculated within hours and was monitored by election observers.
Bolsonaro, a former paratrooper who is committed to crushing crime in the largest nation of Latin America, has not officially challenged Sunday's result.
But his supporters protested in front of the national electoral court of the capital, Brasilia, chanting "Fraud!"
"I'm sure that they did not happen, we would already have the name of the president of the republic tonight," Bolsonaro said at a Facebook show during which he discussed polling problems.
Brazil has dismissed concerns over its e-voting system after presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro said that voting problems had deprived him of an absolute victory in Sunday's vote
