Electronic ballot box for voting in Brazilian elections Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil In Amazonas, the percentage of black and indigenous people registered to run in the 2026 elections does not reach 12%. The data is from the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) and was released last Sunday (16). According to the data, of the 462 applications registered to date, only 33 are from black people, which corresponds to 7.14% of the total and 22 people are indigenous, with 4.76%. ? The deadline for parties, federations and coalitions to submit candidacy registration requests ended last Saturday (15). The numbers may still change as the Electoral Court processes and analyzes the requests, in addition to possible replacements of candidates. ? Join the g1 AM channel on WhatsApp
2026 Elections: Black and indigenous people do not reach 12% of candidacies in Amazonas
Electronic ballot box for voting in Brazilian elections Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil In Amazonas, the percentage of black and indigenous people registered to run in the 2026 elections does not reach 12%. The data is from the Superior...
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According to the data, of the 462 applications registered to date, only 33 are from black people, which corresponds to 7.14% of the total and 22 people are indigenous, with 4.76%. The deadline for parties, federations and coalitions to submit candidacy registration requests ended last Saturday (15).
- The numbers may still change as the Electoral Court processes and analyzes the requests, in addition to possible replacements of candidates.
- Join the g1 AM channel on WhatsApp Despite the low expressiveness, compared to the last elections for state and federal deputies, governors, senators and president, held in 2022, the number...
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Despite the low expressiveness, compared to the last elections for state and federal deputies, governors, senators and president, held in 2022, the number of black people participating in candidacies grew from 6.82% to 7.14%; the number of indigenous people increased from 3.03% to 4.76% in 2026. Overall, the majority of applications in Amazonas are from brown people, with 283 registrations; In 2022, the number reached 393 records. Next come self-declared white people, with 121 people registered in 2026 and 198 registrations in 2022. Representations by color and race in Amazonas in the 2026 elections Mixed race: 282 candidates; Whites: 122 candidates; Indigenous: 22 candidates; Yellow: 3 candidates; Blacks: 33 candidates. Within this total, five people also declared themselves quilombolas: 1 white, 3 black and 1 mixed race. Contested positions In the dispute between positions, the position of state deputy is still the most sought after. In total, there are 11 indigenous candidates for the position. Then, there are 7 candidacies for the position of federal deputy, one for governor and one for lieutenant governor. Of the 33 black candidates in the 2026 elections, 19 are for the position of state deputy, 9 for federal deputy and only 1 for the positions of senator, governor, vice-governor and alternates. READ ALSO: Elections 2026: Amazonas has the largest indigenous electorate in the country, with more than 70 thousand voters From R$0 to R$118.4 million: see the assets of the candidates for the Government of Amazonas declared to the TSE