In 2022, in São Paulo, the electoral quotient was 332,891 votes per seat, but the last federal deputy elected got 71,754: the seat goes to the party first, and only then to the candidates with the most votes within it. Each state has a different number, and the table shows all 27.
Federal deputy, 2022
For each state: how many seats were up for election, the electoral quotient (valid votes divided by the seats) and the vote of the last person elected, the smallest number of votes with which someone won a seat. Tap a state to see the series of every election.
| State | Seats | Quotient | Last elected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acre | 8 | 54,282 | 14,522 |
| Alagoas | 9 | 180,668 | 58,134 |
| Amapá | 8 | 52,877 | 9,240 |
| Amazonas | 8 | 247,060 | 87,876 |
| Bahia | 39 | 204,062 | 53,486 |
| Ceará | 22 | 228,862 | 74,773 |
| Distrito Federal | 8 | 200,940 | 28,825 |
| Espírito Santo | 10 | 208,443 | 42,640 |
| Goiás | 17 | 202,332 | 51,346 |
| Maranhão | 18 | 205,996 | 54,547 |
| Mato Grosso | 8 | 216,285 | 47,479 |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 8 | 169,128 | 41,773 |
| Minas Gerais | 53 | 210,964 | 31,025 |
| Pará | 17 | 265,972 | 62,366 |
| Paraíba | 12 | 184,113 | 54,851 |
| Paraná | 30 | 201,288 | 57,185 |
| Pernambuco | 25 | 198,795 | 59,686 |
| Piauí | 10 | 195,748 | 79,987 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 46 | 186,435 | 33,368 |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 8 | 233,103 | 56,315 |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 31 | 198,381 | 40,555 |
| Rondônia | 8 | 108,644 | 22,806 |
| Roraima | 8 | 36,464 | 8,243 |
| Santa Catarina | 16 | 248,116 | 51,824 |
| São Paulo | 70 | 332,891 | 71,754 |
| Sergipe | 8 | 148,952 | 38,135 |
| Tocantins | 8 | 103,768 | 35,171 |
Note: in 2025 Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled that the new leftover-seat rule also applies to the 2022 election, and the TSE redid the tally: seven federal deputy seats changed hands, four in Amapá, one in the Federal District, one in Rondônia and one in Tocantins. The table already shows the redone result, as the TSE publishes it.
State and district deputy, 2022
The same calculation for the State Legislative Assemblies. In the Federal District, those elected are district deputies.
| State | Seats | Quotient | Last elected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acre | 24 | 18,157 | 4,810 |
| Alagoas | 27 | 61,413 | 19,714 |
| Amapá | 24 | 17,548 | 3,898 |
| Amazonas | 24 | 82,005 | 17,787 |
| Bahia | 63 | 125,995 | 27,338 |
| Ceará | 46 | 109,592 | 17,243 |
| Distrito Federal | 24 | 69,271 | 11,012 |
| Espírito Santo | 30 | 68,924 | 12,176 |
| Goiás | 41 | 82,725 | 17,484 |
| Maranhão | 42 | 86,593 | 24,800 |
| Mato Grosso | 24 | 72,005 | 20,723 |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 24 | 55,477 | 11,650 |
| Minas Gerais | 77 | 143,852 | 28,270 |
| Pará | 41 | 110,715 | 22,366 |
| Paraíba | 36 | 62,319 | 20,602 |
| Paraná | 54 | 112,186 | 26,884 |
| Pernambuco | 49 | 102,318 | 24,851 |
| Piauí | 30 | 65,688 | 20,920 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 70 | 119,930 | 13,946 |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 24 | 77,710 | 25,143 |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 55 | 111,924 | 24,946 |
| Rondônia | 24 | 35,979 | 7,609 |
| Roraima | 24 | 12,287 | 3,046 |
| Santa Catarina | 40 | 100,101 | 12,390 |
| São Paulo | 94 | 238,817 | 45,094 |
| Sergipe | 24 | 50,684 | 14,990 |
| Tocantins | 24 | 34,763 | 8,271 |
In 2022, the last state deputy elected in each state got between 3,046 votes (Roraima) and 45,094 votes (São Paulo), depending on the state.
Why the last person elected has fewer votes than the quotient
The quotient is the party's calculation, not the candidate's. First, each party or federation wins as many seats as the number of times its combined votes fit into the quotient. Then the seats go to the candidates with the most votes within each party. In São Paulo, in 2022, the quotient was 332,891 votes, and the last person elected got in with 71,754. To win a seat through the quotient, the candidate needs at least 10% of the quotient in their own votes. For the leftover seats the requirement changes from round to round, and in the last round there is none: that is why some people are elected with far fewer votes than that.
See also what the electoral quotient is and how many votes it takes to elect a city councillor in the state capitals.