Electorate of Rio Grande · RS

What is the profile of the electorate of Rio Grande/RS in 2026?

Rio Grande has 150,038 voters in 2026: 53.1% are women; the age group with the most voters is 45 to 59 years old (24.2%); 14.4% 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 Rio Grande 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

150,038voters in Rio grande · 2026

Gender

Male46.9%state 47.1%

Female53.1%state 52.9%

Age group

16 to 170.4%state 0.6%

18 to 248.9%state 8.8%

25 to 3417.7%state 17.2%

35 to 4418.9%state 18.5%

45 to 5924.2%state 25%

60 to 6914.4%state 15.3%

70 or older15.5%state 14.5%

Education

Illiterate1.9%state 1.7%

Reads and writes3.5%state 2.6%

Elementary school36.8%state 35.6%

High school43.3%state 41.6%

Higher education14.4%state 18.5%

Marital status

Single64%state 57.9%

Married27.5%state 32.6%

Divorced5.7%state 6.3%

Widowed2.8%state 3.2%

Color or race

White74.3%state 74.4%

Black11.2%state 7.8%

Pardo (mixed race)14.2%state 17.1%

Asian descent0.2%state 0.2%

Indigenous0.1%state 0.5%

83.3% did not report color or race; the percentages are among those who did.

Who votes in Rio grande 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)198,935

GDP per capita (2023)R$ 70,911

Income per capita in the stateNo. 83 of 497

Total GDP (2023)R$ 14.1 billion

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

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