Miguel Cagnoni was initially elected as the organisation's President last June.

Cagnoni, who was running on a platform of "innovation and transparency", gained 64 of the 96 votes cast.

Nearest challenger Cyro Delgado garnered 26 votes, while Jefferson Borges received only three.

According to the CBDA, two ballots were blank and one was annulled.

Cagnoni became the CBDA's first new leader since 1988.

The election followed predecessor Coaracy Nunes, a former member of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Bureau, being arrested as part of an inquiry into the alleged misuse of public funds.

FINA refused to recognise the result, with a leaked memo from executive director Cornel Marculescu stating that the "elections do not respect the CBDA Constitution and FINA rules".

According to SwimSwam, the elections were then due to take place again on December 20.

It is claimed that candidate Ricardo Babosa filed a lawsuit, however, alleging the date did not offer enough time to prepare.

Following the delay, the elections have now been set for February 28.

It is not the first time the elections have been delayed.

They were pushed back last year amid confusion over the Presidency of the CBDA's five-seat Athletes' Commission and the election voting rights that go with the top position.

In March, the CBDA named London 2012 400 metres medley silver medallist Thiago Pereira as the head of its Athletes' Commission.

But amid the fallout from the corruption allegations against the CBDA, a judge stated that the national governing body must allow athletes to vote on their own President.

Two-time Olympian Leonardo de Deus was eventually selected as President and had a vote in the process.