In 2026, in Rio Grande do Sul, Sanderson (PL) and Marcel van Hattem (NOVO) were elected to the Senate, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
In this election each federative unit chose TWO senators. The Federal Senate is not renewed all at once: every four years one third of the seats goes to a vote (one per state) and, four years later, two thirds (two per state). In two-seat years voters chose two different names, which is why the sum of the votes exceeds the number of voters who turned out: in 2010 there were 173,007,018 valid votes for 111,038,684 voters who turned out. It is not a counting error or a double count: a single voter could produce up to two valid votes. In one-seat years the ratio goes back to normal and valid votes fall below turnout, because blank and null votes and abstentions are left out of the count.
How many votes it takes to elect a senator, 2026
Last elected
3,449,053
Most voted
3,453,316
Top non-elected
1,957,697
See the table from 1994 to 2026
In 2026, the winner of the Senate race in Rio Grande do Sul got 3,453,316 votes, among 13 candidates.
Majority race: whoever gets the most votes wins, with no party quotient. The Senate renews two thirds and one third of its seats in alternating elections: that is why the number of seats changes from one election to the next.
The table above already includes every year from 1994 onward. To see an election before 1994, choose the year in All elections in Rio Grande do Sul.
General Election·2026·Senator·Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
Annulled votesRejected, under appeal · PCO · No. 290
Alternates: Domingos Alessandretti · Abrão Rafael Spritzer
One candidacy on this list had its votes annulled, according to data from the TSE: it appears at the end, with the votes entered on the voting machines (the machine tally report), without a percentage and outside the ranking of valid votes, because these votes are not part of the valid votes. The tag next to it shows the status of the candidacy registration in the TSE data, which may still change with a decision by the Electoral Courts.
Registered voters8,516,465
Turned out6,697,424
Abstentions1,819,041
Blank1,089,553
Null837,203
Valid11,465,782
Registered voters: voters who could vote. Turnout: how many went to the polls. Abstentions: how many stayed away (registered voters − turnout). Blank and Null: those who turned out but did not choose a valid candidate. Valid: the votes that count for candidates (turnout − blank − null); percentages are calculated on them.
3 seats in the Federal Senate: the whole chamber, adding up 1 elected in 2022 and 2 elected in 2026.
PLPartido Liberal133.33%
NOVOPartido NOVO133.33%
REPUBLICANOSREPUBLICANOS133.33%
Elected seats, from the TSE results. This is the composition that came out of the ballot boxes, not the one the chamber had over the legislative term: anyone who switched parties after the election does not change this number. The count adds up those elected, without recalculating the quotient, so it matches the legal size of the chamber.
Votes by party (all, including those that elected no one)
Each party by its total votes (candidate votes + party-list votes), including those that won no seat.
PTPartido dos Trabalhadores4,095,759no seat
4,095,759 candidate votes
PLPartido Liberal3,453,3161 seat
3,453,316 candidate votes
NOVOPartido NOVO3,449,0531 seat
3,449,053 candidate votes
REPUBLICANOSREPUBLICANOS2,593,2941 seat
2,593,294 candidate votes
PSOLPartido Socialismo e Liberdade1,957,697no seat
1,957,697 candidate votes
PSDPartido Social Democrático1,190,093no seat
1,190,093 candidate votes
MDBMovimento Democrático Brasileiro420,722no seat
420,722 candidate votes
PSTUPartido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado40,188no seat
40,188 candidate votes
AVANTE33,923no seat
33,923 candidate votes
PSB31,613no seat
31,613 candidate votes
PSDBPartido da Social Democracia Brasileira25,937no seat
25,937 candidate votes
UPUnidade Popular17,850no seat
17,850 candidate votes
PSC17,292no seat
17,292 candidate votes
CIDADANIACIDADANIA16,428no seat
16,428 candidate votes
DC2,077no seat
2,077 candidate votes
Todas as eleições in Rio Grande do Sul 31 anos, de 1933 a 2026▾
As eleições do Rio Grande do Sul, ano a ano: nas eleições gerais de 1933 a 2026, a votação de cada candidato a presidente (somada no estado), governador, senador, deputado federal e deputado estadual, com a lista completa dos candidatos e quem foi eleito; nas eleições municipais de 1996 a 2024, prefeito e vereador, apurados cidade a cidade: cada uma leva às cidades do Rio Grande do Sul. Escolha o ano e o cargo:
General election: president, governor, senator and deputies. Municipal election: mayor and city councillor.
The cutoff table covers from 1994 to 2026; the results by election go as far as the TSE publishes each office. Mayor and city council votes are counted city by city: in the list of elections, each one takes you to the cities in the state.
The percentage of valid votes is not shown in this table: valid votes include party-only votes, which do not go to any candidate.
