Electorate of Penalva · MA

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

Penalva has 26,084 voters in 2026: 52.3% are women; the age group with the most voters is 45 to 59 years old (22.3%); 4.8% reached higher education (complete or incomplete; in Maranhão, 9.3%); the most reported color or race is pardo (mixed race) (71% of those who reported it).

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

Who votes in Penalva 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

26,084voters in Penalva · 2026

Gender

Male47.7%state 48.1%

Female52.3%state 51.9%

Age group

16 to 172.4%state 2.1%

18 to 2415.9%state 14.9%

25 to 3421.2%state 20.6%

35 to 4419.4%state 20.5%

45 to 5922.3%state 23%

60 to 699.9%state 10.1%

70 or older8.9%state 8.7%

Education

Illiterate6.3%state 7.2%

Reads and writes10.9%state 11%

Elementary school35.1%state 26%

High school43%state 46.4%

Higher education4.8%state 9.3%

Marital status

Single77.9%state 72.8%

Married18.6%state 23.2%

Divorced1.7%state 2.4%

Widowed1.9%state 1.5%

Color or race

White5.4%state 13.1%

Black23.5%state 10.9%

Pardo (mixed race)71%state 74.6%

Asian descent0.1%state 0.5%

Indigenous0%state 0.9%

45.9% did not report color or race; the percentages are among those who did.

Who votes in Penalva 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)33,496

GDP per capita (2023)R$ 9,353

Income per capita in the stateNo. 191 of 217

Total GDP (2023)R$ 313 million

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

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