{
  "id": 1764861,
  "title": "Over 20,500 file for candidacy ahead of general elections this year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/over-20-500-file-for-candidacy-ahead-of-general-elections-this-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T17:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Agencia Brasil",
    "slug": "agencia-brasil",
    "url": "https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/politica/noticia/2026-08/over-20500-file-candidacy-ahead-general-elections-year-0"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Brazil's Superior Electoral Court has received over 20,500 applications for candidate registration ahead of the upcoming general elections, marking an 8,732 decrease compared to 2022. Of the total applications, 65% are from men and 35% from women. Most of the candidates, 11,103, aim for the position of state representative, followed by requests for federal representative (7,636), district representative (420), governor (196), senator (315), and president (13).\n\nGender-wise, 99.07% of the candidates identified as cisgender, 0.9% as transgender, and 0.03% did not disclose. Age-wise, the majority of candidates fall within the 45-49 age group, with 3,538 applications, followed by those aged 50-54 (3,176), 40-44 (2,986), and 55-59 (2,581).\n\nIn terms of race and ethnicity, 48.77% of the applicants identified as white, 36.13% as pardo, 13.64% as black, 0.93% as indigenous, and 0.53% as Asian. Education-wise, 58.57% of the candidates had completed higher education, while 21.41% had finished high school, 10.58% had not completed higher education, 3.56% had not finished high school, and 2.94% had not completed elementary school.\n\nBusiness owners constitute the largest group among the applicants, with 2,576 candidates. Other prominent occupations include lawyers (1,691), state representatives (874), city council members (811), military police officers (569), doctors (558), and state civil servants (541).",
  "summary": "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. Notícias…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}