Electorate of Balsas · MA

What is the profile of the electorate of Balsas/MA in 2026?

Balsas has 71,368 voters in 2026: 52.4% are women; the age group with the most voters is 25 to 34 years old (23.8%); 13.1% reached higher education (complete or incomplete; in Maranhão, 9.3%).

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

Who votes in Balsas 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

71,368voters in Balsas · 2026

Gender

Male47.6%state 48.1%

Female52.4%state 51.9%

Age group

16 to 171.8%state 2.1%

18 to 2415.9%state 14.9%

25 to 3423.8%state 20.6%

35 to 4422.5%state 20.5%

45 to 5921.8%state 23%

60 to 698.2%state 10.1%

70 or older6.1%state 8.7%

Education

Illiterate3.4%state 7.2%

Reads and writes8.5%state 11%

Elementary school27.7%state 26%

High school47.3%state 46.4%

Higher education13.1%state 9.3%

Marital status

Single67.7%state 72.8%

Married26.9%state 23.2%

Divorced3.7%state 2.4%

Widowed1.7%state 1.5%

Color or race

White12%state 13.1%

Black5.2%state 10.9%

Pardo (mixed race)82.5%state 74.6%

Asian descent0.3%state 0.5%

Indigenous0%state 0.9%

68.9% did not report color or race; the percentages are among those who did.

Who votes in Balsas in 2026 and how the municipality compares with MA 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)105,974

GDP per capita (2023)R$ 71,053

Income per capita in the stateNo. 4 of 217

Total GDP (2023)R$ 7.5 billion

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

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