Reduction of voters, weight of 60+, electorate greater than population: the 'X-ray' of the Ribeirão Preto region in the 2026 elections
In 66 cities, more than 1.8 million people are expected to choose president, governor, deputies and senators. With a drop in 43 municipalities, the electorate shrank by the equivalent of a city the size of São Joaquim da Barra.
By Thaisa Figueiredo, Rodolfo Tiengo, g1 Ribeirão Preto and Franca
The electorate in the Ribeirão Preto region fell 2.6% compared to 2022. There will be 1,835,060 people eligible to vote this Sunday (4).
In total, 43 of the 66 cities in the region saw a drop in the number of voters. The sharpest reduction occurred in Santa Rosa de Viterbo, with a drop of 8.94%.
The cities of Ribeirão Preto, Franca, Sertãozinho and Barretos concentrate almost half of the regional electorate. Together, they total 891,628 qualified voters.
Three municipalities have more registered voters than residents in their territory. They are: Rifaina, Santa Cruz da Esperança and Restinga.
Practically one in four voters in the region is 60 years of age or older. In Cássia dos Coqueiros, this proportion reaches one third of voters.
70 kilometers from Franca (SP), the tourist resort of Rifaina (SP) expects 5,100 people to vote this Sunday (4). There are almost 1 thousand more than those registered as residents, according to IBGE. Meanwhile, in Cássia dos Coqueiros (SP), 78 kilometers from Ribeirão Preto (SP), one in every three voters qualified by the Electoral Court is 60 years old or over.
Curiosities like these help to understand the profile of the electorate in the 66 cities in the Ribeirão Preto (SP) region that will determine the choice for president, governor of São Paulo, senators and deputies in the first round.
An electorate that exceeds 1.8 million, but which fell 2.6% compared to the 2022 election, the equivalent of 50.5 thousand voters, something close to the population of a city the size of São Joaquim da Barra (SP).
Check out an X-ray of the 2026 electorate in the Ribeirão Preto region below.
Arrival in Cássia dos Coqueiros, SP — Photo: Cacá Trovó/EPTV
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Falling electorate
📉 Since 2022, 43 of the 66 cities in the Ribeirão Preto region have seen a drop in the number of voters. The sharpest drop, of 8.94%, occurred proportionally in Santa Rosa de Viterbo (SP), where more than 1,700 fewer people will stop going to the polls this Sunday.
In Ituverava (SP) and Igarapava (SP), the differences also draw attention. In the first city, 27.4 thousand people are expected to vote, 2.6 thousand fewer than four years ago, a negative variation of 8.6%.
In the second, there are also around 1,700 fewer voters compared to 2022, and a proportional variation of 7.9%.
X-ray of the 2026 elections in the Ribeirão Preto region (SP). — Photo: Arte/g1
📈The remaining 23 cities had an increase of up to 13.8% in the electorate, a reality in Rifaina (SP).
Santo Antônio da Alegria (SP), Santa Cruz da Esperança (SP), Buritizal (SP), Jeriquara (SP) and Cândido Rodrigues (SP) had increases between 6.2% and 10.9%.
🗳️With this, overall, the region has 1,835,060 voters, 50,591 fewer compared to the 2022 presidential elections.
Concentration of the electorate
Voters at Adevirp, in Ribeirão Preto (SP). — Photo: Érico Andrade/g1
As a reflection of the demographic characteristics of the region, the four largest cities in this area of the state of São Paulo account for almost half of this year's entire electorate.
📌Together, Ribeirão Preto (SP), Franca (SP), Sertãozinho (SP) and Barretos (SP) have 891,628 voters, which represents 48.5%.
Alone, Ribeirão Preto accounts for more than a quarter of the electorate, with 471,128 people eligible to vote, 3,400 more compared to four years ago.
In Franca, there are 241,708 voters, 5.4 thousand fewer than in 2022. Sertãozinho and Barretos have, respectively, 93,439 and 85,353 voters. In both cases, the numbers are lower than those of the last presidential election.
At the other end, data from the Electoral Court show at least four cities in the region with less than 3,000 voters. They are: Taquaral (SP), Santa Cruz da Esperança (SP), Cássia dos Coqueiros (SP) and Cândido Rodrigues (SP).
Electorate in the Ribeirão Preto region
Four of the 66 cities have almost half of the people eligible to go to the polls.
Source: TSE
More voters than residents
Rifaina (SP) has more voters than residents — Photo: EPTV/Reproduction
⁉️Among the 66 cities in the region, three interestingly have more voters than residents.
In addition to Rifaina, this is the case of Santa Cruz da Esperança, where 2,173 people live, according to the most recent IBGE estimate, but has 2,343 voters this Sunday.
The same situation is observed in Restinga (SP), which has 6,480 inhabitants, 349 less than the total number of qualified voters.
Experts explain that one of the reasons is the migratory flow: people who move to another city, but maintain their electoral registration in the municipality where they lived before.
Voter weight 60+
📌The general trend of population aging is also reflected in elections. Across the region, practically one in four voters is already 60 years old or over, representing 474,069 people.
In five municipalities, all with less than 10 thousand inhabitants, this proportion is even higher, around 30%. They are: Cássia dos Coqueiros, Cândido Rodrigues, Pirangi, Fernando Prestes and Santo Antônio da Alegria.
In Ribeirão Preto and Franca, the weight of 60+ is close to this and accounts for 27% of the electorate, equivalent to 129,418 and 66,877 voters, respectively.
Inspector guards ballot box at school in Franca (SP) — Photo: Igor do Vale/G1
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