Over 20,500 file for candidacy ahead of general elections this year
Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court has received 20,530 applications for candidate registration for the general elections this year – 8,732 fewer than in 2022. The data were updated Tuesday morning (Aug. 18).
Of the total number of applications, 13,374 (65%) are from men, and 7,156 (35%), are from women. In addition, over 10,000 identified as white, and 2,576 identified as business owners.
The applications cover the offices of president and vice-president, governor and lieutenant governor, senator and alternate senators, federal representative, state representative, and district representative.
Most bids are for the position of state representative (11,103 entries). Next are requests for federal representative (7,636), district representative, exclusive for the Federal District (420), governor (196), senator (315), and president (13).
The ratio of candidates to open seats shows the highest competition for district representative, with 17.5 candidates per seat; and for federal representative, with 14.88.
Gender
Regarding gender, 11,758 candidates identified as cisgender (99.07%), 107 identified as transgender (0.9%), and three chose not to disclose (0.03%).
The court also received requests from 53 candidates who provided a preferred name.
Age groups
Most requests were made by candidates aged 45 to 49 (3,538 requests). Next were people aged 50 to 54 (3,176), those aged 40 to 44 (2,986), and those aged 55 to 59 (2,581).
Race and ethnicity
Of the total number of applications, 10,013 were from people who identified as white (48.77%), 7,418 are from people who identified as pardo (36.13%), and 2,800 are from people who identified as black (13.64%), in addition to 191 indigenous people (0.93%) and 108 people of Asian descent (0.53%).
Education
Most registrations were submitted by individuals who reported having completed higher education (58.57%). Next were those who stated having completed high school (21.41%); having not completed higher education (10.58%); having not completed high school (3.56%); having not completed elementary school (2.94%); and having completed elementary school (2.58%).
According to the figures, 73 hopefuls (0.36%) reported being able to read and write only.
Occupation
Business owners (2,576) make up the largest group among the applicants. Lawyers (1,691), state representatives (874), city council members (811), military police officers (569), doctors (558), and state civil servants (541) appear next.
In addition, 2,709 candidates are listed under “other occupations.”
