Electorate of Belo Horizonte · MG

What is the profile of the electorate of Belo Horizonte/MG in 2026?

Belo Horizonte has 1,961,282 voters in 2026: 54.7% are women; the age group with the most voters is 45 to 59 years old (26%); 24.1% reached higher education (complete or incomplete; in Minas Gerais, 14.5%).

Source: Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE), 2026 electorate profile. Percentages among those who reported each item.

Who votes in Belo Horizonte in 2026 and the municipality's economy, compared with the state. Want to see this data by neighborhood and by school (polling place)? Explore the full Mapa do Voto analysis.

2026 electorate

1,961,282voters in Belo horizonte · 2026

Gender

Male45.3%state 47.5%

Female54.7%state 52.5%

Age group

16 to 170.6%state 0.8%

18 to 248.6%state 10%

25 to 3416.9%state 18%

35 to 4418.9%state 19%

45 to 5926%state 25.7%

60 to 6914%state 13.8%

70 or older15.1%state 12.7%

Education

Illiterate1.3%state 3.9%

Reads and writes2.8%state 6.6%

Elementary school23%state 30%

High school48.8%state 45%

Higher education24.1%state 14.5%

Marital status

Single59.8%state 56.5%

Married31.6%state 34.7%

Divorced6.1%state 5.7%

Widowed2.5%state 3.1%

Color or race

White40.1%state 36.1%

Black15.9%state 13.5%

Pardo (mixed race)43.4%state 49.6%

Asian descent0.5%state 0.5%

Indigenous0.1%state 0.2%

82.6% did not report color or race; the percentages are among those who did.

Who votes in Belo horizonte in 2026 and how the municipality compares with MG and with Brazil (the marks on the bar are the state and national percentages). Percentages calculated among those who reported each item. Source: Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE).

Municipality profile

Population (2025)2,415,872

GDP per capita (2023)R$ 53,893

Income per capita in the stateNo. 111 of 853

Total GDP (2023)R$ 130.2 billion

The municipality's economy. Source: IBGE/SIDRA (GDP 2023, population 2025).

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