Bauru records a reduction in the number of voters for the first time in the last ten years For the first time in the last ten years, Bauru (SP) recorded a drop in the number of voters able to vote in the next elections. The data was recently released by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) and shows the profile of the electorate in the largest city in the center-west of São Paulo. According to TSE statistics, Bauru has 277,509 voters eligible to participate in the presidential elections in October this year. A drop of 0.77% compared to the last presidential elections, in 2022, when 279,646 voters were able to participate in the election. ? Join the g1 Bauru and Marília channel on WhatsApp Bauru records a drop in the number of voters for the first time in 10 years Bruna Bonfim/g1 If we compare it to the last elections, which were municipal, the drop is even greater, 1.66%. In 2024, the city had 282,186 eligible voters. Since 2016, the city has seen an increase in the number of voters at each election and for the first time in the last ten years there was a drop in this percentage. Bauru records a reduction in the number of voters for the first time in the last ten years Beatriz Santos/TV TEM READ ALSO TSE: Number of voters up to 18 years old has fallen compared to 2022; electorate over 60 years old grows 13% Brazilian electorate grows 1.4% compared to 2022 and reaches 158.7 million, says TSE Two vacancies for the Senate: repeating the candidate cancels the 2nd vote; learn how to vote and avoid mistakes The drop in the number of young people, especially teenagers aged 16 to 17 who have optional voting, may have contributed to the reduction in this number. The number of teenagers eligible to vote fell by 48% compared to the last presidential election, in 2022. For 2026, 1,194 young people aged 16 to 17 are eligible to vote, in 2022 there were 2,321. The reality of Bauru reflects the national context. Brazil recorded a 14.52% drop in the number of voters aged up to 18. According to Maria Tereza Kerbauy, professor of Political Sciences at Unesp and Federal University of São Carlos, there was an expectation of an increase in the number of young voters that did not materialize. “The number of young people in the population has decreased, because the number of births in Brazil has decreased, but the expectation, as there was an increase in the last national election, the expectation is that there would be this increase, but that did not happen”, he states. Maria Tereza believes that the lack of interest among young people who could vote voluntarily, but chose not to register as voters, shows that this public is moving away from political issues. “This is significant of a distancing of young people from politics, or from politics as it is being implemented in Brazil, and perhaps an absence of public policies to support youth”, adds the professor. Presidential elections will be held in October this year Reproduction/TV Globo Women and the elderly Data from the Superior Electoral Court indicate that women are the majority among voters in Bauru. That's 54% of the 277,509 voters, corresponding to 149,722 voters eligible to vote in these elections. Among them, the age group between 40 and 44 has the majority of voters, 14,413, which corresponds to 9.63% of the total number of women. There was also an increase in the number of people aged 60 or over, the elderly, among voters in Bauru. There are 79,440 Bauru voters in this age group, an increase of 12.4% compared to the 2022 elections, when there were 70,624. "Which means that women and the elderly will have a significant role in the outcome of this election. The assessment that has been made by several researchers is that the elderly are more conservative and women have an important role, also due to the role they have played and the protagonism they have come to have in Brazilian society", highlights the political scientist. Women are the majority among voters in Bauru and there was an increase in the number of elderly people able to vote Gabriel Sato/TV TEM Presidential elections In this year's presidential elections, more than 150 million Brazilians will go to the polls to choose the representatives who will lead the country and the states over the next four years. Voting for the first round takes place on October 4th, and the second round, if necessary for Executive positions (president and governor), is scheduled for October 25th. In total, each voter will enter six votes in the electronic ballot box, divided between the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch. At the national level, the dispute defines the Presidency of the Republic and the 513 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. At the state level, governors, state deputies (or district deputies, in the Federal District) and two Senate seats per state will be chosen — this year, the House renews two thirds of its 81 seats. Check the voting order at the ballot box: Federal deputy (4 digits) State or district deputy (5 digits) Senator - 1st vacancy (3 digits) Senator - 2nd vacancy (3 digits) Governor and vice-president (2 digits) President and vice-president (2 digits) *With information from Andressa Santana and Andressa Lara, from TV TEM