Electorate of Pelotas · RS

What is the profile of the electorate of Pelotas/RS in 2026?

Pelotas has 243,865 voters in 2026: 54.9% are women; the age group with the most voters is 45 to 59 years old (24.8%); 25.5% reached higher education (complete or incomplete; in Rio Grande do Sul, 18.5%).

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

Who votes in Pelotas 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

243,865voters in Pelotas · 2026

Gender

Male45.1%state 47.1%

Female54.9%state 52.9%

Age group

16 to 170.5%state 0.6%

18 to 248.6%state 8.8%

25 to 3417.8%state 17.2%

35 to 4418.5%state 18.5%

45 to 5924.8%state 25%

60 to 6915.3%state 15.3%

70 or older14.6%state 14.5%

Education

Illiterate1.3%state 1.7%

Reads and writes1.3%state 2.6%

Elementary school32.5%state 35.6%

High school39.4%state 41.6%

Higher education25.5%state 18.5%

Marital status

Single57.1%state 57.9%

Married30.8%state 32.6%

Divorced8.1%state 6.3%

Widowed4.1%state 3.2%

Color or race

White74.4%state 74.4%

Black12.8%state 7.8%

Pardo (mixed race)12.4%state 17.1%

Asian descent0.2%state 0.2%

Indigenous0.2%state 0.5%

87% did not report color or race; the percentages are among those who did.

Who votes in Pelotas in 2026 and how the municipality compares with RS 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)336,150

GDP per capita (2023)R$ 37,129

Income per capita in the stateNo. 358 of 497

Total GDP (2023)R$ 12.5 billion

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

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