Pará registers requests to use social name and prepares for the 2026 Elections

According to data from the Pará Regional Electoral Court (TRE-PA), the 919 registered requests correspond to around 0.01% of the electorate eligible to vote in the state.

🔎 The social name is the designation by which a transvestite or transsexual person identifies themselves and is socially recognized. Since 2018, a decision by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) allows the inclusion of this identification on the voter registration card.

The measure allows transvestites and transsexuals to be identified by social name on the electoral register and voter registration card.

In the 2024 Municipal Elections, the electoral register had 41,537 people with a social name on their title throughout Brazil.

More than 6.2 million voters from Pará are expected to go to the polls this Sunday (4), in the 2026 Elections. The majority of people eligible to vote are concentrated in 20 municipalities.

The election will define the representatives of Pará for the next four years and renew part of the Pará bench in the National Congress, with the choice of senators and federal deputies.

⏳ President, governor, federal deputy and state deputy will have four-year terms. Elected senators will have a mandate of eight years.

📅 In disputes for president of the Republic and governor, there will be a second round if no candidate reaches an absolute majority of valid votes. If necessary, a new vote will be held on October 25th.