Voting is optional for those over 70 Érico Andrade/G1 Rio Grande do Norte has 1,484 voters aged 100 or over eligible to vote in the 2026 elections, according to data from the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Centenarians are part of an increasingly aging electorate in the State. In addition to them, another 16,653 voters are between 90 and 99 years old. In total, there are 18,137 people aged 90 or over registered to vote in the state. X-RAY: See the full profile of the Rio Grande do Norte electorate Although voting is optional for people aged 70 or over, all of these voters remain eligible to participate in the choice of president of the Republic, governor, senator, federal and state deputies on October 4th. ? Click here to follow the g1 RN channel on WhatsApp RN has 596 thousand voters aged 60 or over. The aging population also appears on the electoral register in Rio Grande do Norte. The state has 596,621 voters aged 60 or over, equivalent to around 22% of the electorate. Of this total, 183,854 are between 60 and 64 years old; 137,799, aged 65 to 69; and 101,884, aged 70 to 74. From the age of 70, voting is no longer mandatory, but thousands of Potiguares continue to be able to participate in elections. Potiguar electorate grew Rio Grande do Norte will have 2,660,565 voters eligible to vote in the October 2026 elections. Compared to the 2022 general elections, the state gained 105,838 new voters, a growth of 4.1%. The growth of the Rio Grande do Norte electorate was above the national average. Across the country, the number of voters increased by 1.46%, from 156.4 million to 158.7 million. In relation to 2010, the state added more than 413 thousand voters to the Electoral Court register. READ ALSO: See the dates of the conventions for the government of RN Who are the politicians who have already announced pre-candidacy for the government of RN Who are the pre-candidates for the Senate for Rio Grande do Norte Age group of 40 concentrates the largest number of voters The Rio Grande do Norte electorate is made up mostly of adults. The group between 40 and 44 years old concentrates the largest number of people eligible to vote in this year's elections: there are 272,476 voters, equivalent to 10.24% of the total. Next appear the 35 to 39 year old age groups, with 266,182 voters; 30 to 34 years old, with 262,812; 25 to 29 years old, with 252,782; and 45 to 49 years old, with 248,795. Among younger people, voting remains optional for teenagers aged 16 and 17. In Rio Grande do Norte, this group brings together 37,243 voters — 14,621 aged 16 and 22,622 aged 17 — equivalent to around 1.4% of the state electorate.