Erika Hilton breaks voting record in São Paulo and leads debate to end the 6×1 scale

Debate for the End of the 6×1 Scale in a public hearing at the Sorocaba City Council (SP) is attended by federal deputy Erika Hilton, author of the PEC — Photo: Sorocaba City Council/Disclosure

The parliamentarian surpassed the record of Joice Hasselmann, who received 1,078,666 votes in 2018, when she was elected federal deputy for São Paulo by the then PSL. Even before the end of the count, Erika had already surpassed this mark by more than 433 thousand votes.

In the partial, Erika occupied second position in the dispute for São Paulo's 70 seats in the Chamber. Ahead of her was Lucas Pavanato (PL), with 2,882,187 votes. Sâmia Bomfim (PSOL) appeared in third, with 555,224.

Erika's vote already corresponded to almost six times the result she obtained in 2022. That year, she was elected for her first term in the Chamber with 256,903 votes.

Erika is 33 years old and was born in Franco da Rocha, in Greater São Paulo. Before arriving in Congress, she was a councilor in the capital of São Paulo. In 2020, she received 50,508 votes and was the most voted woman in the country for a City Council in that election.

In 2022, she became the first black and trans woman elected to the Chamber of Deputies. Her political activities include defending the rights of women, the black population and the LGBTQIA+ community.

During her first term, Erika was also at the forefront of the proposal to reduce working hours and end the 6x1 scale, in which workers have six days of work for one day of rest.

In February 2025, he presented a proposed amendment to the Constitution that provided for four days of work per week, three days of rest and a limit of 36 hours per week.

In March 2026, she became the first trans woman to chair the Chamber's Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights. Among the priorities announced upon taking office were combating gender-based political violence, monitoring the protection network and comprehensive health policies for women.

At 8:24 pm, with 94.88% of the sections counted, the candidates for federal deputy with the most votes in the state were: