Electronic ballot box Reproduction/TV Globo Pernambuco has 7,225,744 people eligible to vote in the 2026 elections. According to data released by the Regional Electoral Court (TRE) this Monday (20), the state is the 7th largest electoral college in Brazil and the 2nd in the Northeast, behind only Bahia (see table below). Across the country, the number of registered voters exceeded 158.6 million. According to the survey, the Pernambuco electorate grew 1.02% compared to the 2024 elections, when there were 7,152,871 voters. In relation to 2022, growth was 3%. Furthermore, the number of voters who declared themselves black or brown has doubled in the last three years (find out more below). ? Receive g1 PE news on WhatsApp Just like in the last election, women continue to be the majority: there are 3,876,071 voters, equivalent to 53.64%. The male audience is made up of 3,349,351 people, which corresponds to 46.35% of voters. According to court data, the age group with the largest number of voters is those aged 40 to 44, with 726,026 (10.05%). Among young people, the state has 96,037 voters aged 16 and 17, whose vote is optional. The number represents a share of just 1.33%. The agency also released statistics on the level of education. The majority have completed secondary education, with 1,978,608 voters, which is equivalent to 27.38%. Furthermore, 432,693 declared themselves illiterate, corresponding to 5.99% of the electorate. At the other end, 603,235 have completed higher education, which represents 8.35%.
PE has more than 7.2 million voters eligible to vote in 2026, says TRE; see profile of the electorate and cities with the largest numbers
Electronic ballot box Reproduction/TV Globo Pernambuco has 7,225,744 people eligible to vote in the 2026 elections. According to data released by the Regional Electoral Court (TRE) this Monday (20), the state is the 7th...
States and cities With more than 7.2 million voters, Pernambuco is among the ten states with the largest electorate, occupying second position in the Northeast. Check the list below: São Paulo: 34,104,226 Minas Gerais: 16,377,659 Rio de Janeiro: 12,857,000 Bahia: 11,321,005 Paraná: 8,609,026 Rio Grande do Sul: 8,526,233 Pernambuco: 7,225,744 Ceará: 6,998,494 Pará: 6,265,355 Santa Catarina: 5,725,753 Among the 184 municipalities in Pernambuco, Recife is the one with the largest number of voters. Check out the ranking below: Recife: 1,228,592 Jaboatão dos Guararapes: 498,144 Olinda: 301,743 Caruaru: 254,214 Petrolina: 248,185 Paulista: 237,124 Cabo de Santo Agostinho: 171,646 Camaragibe: 127,003 Vitória de Santo Antão: 103,929 Garanhuns: 99,626 Blacks and browns Still according to the TRE, the number of voters who declare themselves black or brown has almost doubled in the last two years. This is the first time that the evolution of this data has been evaluated, as self-declaration of race and color only began to be counted by the body in 2022. According to the TRE, the number of voters without information on race or color fell from 140,038,765 to 126,004,656 people. As a result, the percentage of this public has dropped from 89% to 79% since 2024. In this interval, both voters who declare themselves black and brown almost doubled: Self-declared black voters 2024: 8,503,206 2026: 16,945,954 Self-declared brown voters 2024: 1,808,529 2026: 3,586,952 VIDEOS: most viewed from Pernambuco in the last 7 days
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