Electorate of São Luís · MA

What is the profile of the electorate of São Luís/MA in 2026?

São Luís has 756,232 voters in 2026: 54.7% are women; the age group with the most voters is 45 to 59 years old (25.9%); 20.1% 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 São Luís 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

756,232voters in São luís · 2026

Gender

Male45.3%state 48.1%

Female54.7%state 51.9%

Age group

16 to 171.1%state 2.1%

18 to 2411.4%state 14.9%

25 to 3419.7%state 20.6%

35 to 4421.8%state 20.5%

45 to 5925.9%state 23%

60 to 6911.2%state 10.1%

70 or older8.8%state 8.7%

Education

Illiterate1.1%state 7.2%

Reads and writes2.3%state 11%

Elementary school17.1%state 26%

High school59.4%state 46.4%

Higher education20.1%state 9.3%

Marital status

Single73%state 72.8%

Married22.8%state 23.2%

Divorced3.1%state 2.4%

Widowed1.1%state 1.5%

Color or race

White20%state 13.1%

Black14.4%state 10.9%

Pardo (mixed race)65.1%state 74.6%

Asian descent0.5%state 0.5%

Indigenous0.1%state 0.9%

75.9% did not report color or race; the percentages are among those who did.

Who votes in São luís 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)1,089,215

GDP per capita (2023)R$ 38,917

Income per capita in the stateNo. 11 of 217

Total GDP (2023)R$ 42.4 billion

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

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