Male, white, married and with higher education. This is the most common profile of the 5,471 mayors elected in the first round in the country. Of this total, only 724 are women (13.2%), despite them being the majority among voters. The number, however, shows little progress compared to the last municipal elections, when they reached 651 city halls in the first round (12%), out of a total of 5,401 elected.
This year, the majority of those elected were in the age group of 40 to 49 years old (33.3%), followed by those between 50 and 59 years old (27.62%).
The majority of the new heads of the municipal Executive (59.3%) have completed higher education, followed by 25% who have secondary education.
When the analysis looks at the race of the most voted candidates, there was little change compared to the 2020 municipal elections. This year, almost 66% of those elected are white, followed by 33.6% of mixed race and black people. In 2020, 67% were white and 32% were black.
Among those elected, 71% declared themselves married and 19% single.
*The information was systematized by the EBC technology team based on TSE data