In 2002, in São Paulo, Mercadante (PT) and Romeu Tuma (PFL) 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, 2002
Last elected
7,281,876
Most voted
10,497,348
Top non-elected
5,552,875
See the table from 1994 to 2026
In 2026, the winner of the Senate race in São Paulo got 13,273,880 votes, among 15 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 São Paulo.
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 1998 and 2 elected in 2002.
PTPartido dos Trabalhadores266.67%
PFLPartido da Frente Liberal133.33%
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. A single party has an absolute majority.
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 Trabalhadores17,215,8112 seats
17,215,811 candidate votes
PPB7,546,617no seat
7,546,617 candidate votes
PFLPartido da Frente Liberal7,281,8761 seat
7,281,876 candidate votes
PMDB5,924,962no seat
5,924,962 candidate votes
PSDB4,959,302no seat
4,959,302 candidate votes
PC do B3,473,198no seat
3,473,198 candidate votes
PTB2,450,151no seat
2,450,151 candidate votes
PSB515,756no seat
515,756 candidate votes
PV277,282no seat
277,282 candidate votes
PDT259,142no seat
259,142 candidate votes
PRONA217,184no seat
217,184 candidate votes
PSTU150,202no seat
150,202 candidate votes
PSDC113,249no seat
113,249 candidate votes
PGT92,427no seat
92,427 candidate votes
PTN67,802no seat
67,802 candidate votes
PSC63,659no seat
63,659 candidate votes
PHS41,395no seat
41,395 candidate votes
PMN22,934no seat
22,934 candidate votes
PRTB21,451no seat
21,451 candidate votes
PT do B17,911no seat
17,911 candidate votes
PCO12,266no seat
12,266 candidate votes
PAN4,439no seat
4,439 candidate votes
Todas as eleições in São Paulo 31 anos, de 1933 a 2026▾
As eleições de São Paulo, 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 de São Paulo. 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.
