Socially relevant, the political behavior is a subject of interest of Social Psychology, but has been little studied in the context of teenagers and their subjective experiences. This article approaches the social representations elaborated by teenagers students about the elections and related subjects. Study participants were 129 teenagers with ages between 16 and 18 years old, who completed the free word association (political, politician, elections, vote) whose factorial analysis was performed by Tri-Deux-Mots. The knowledge shared by the teens were organized according to the type of school, level of political interest, sex and the students' opinion about the optional voting. Evocations showed consensus and dissent on the social object, highlighting ambiguities that reveal political dynamics and social reality. Keywords: social representations; elections; policy; vote; adolescents. Socialmente relevante, o comportamento politico e assunto de interesse da Psicologia Social, mas ainda e pouco estudado no contexto de adolescentes e suas experiencias subjetivas. Este artigo aborda as representacoes sociais elaboradas por adolescentes escolares acerca das eleicoes e os aspectos politicos que a envolvem. Participaram do estudo 129 adolescentes com idades entre 16 e 18 anos incompletos, os quais responderam a associacao livre de palavras (politica, politico, eleicoes, voto), cuja analise fatorial de correspondencia foi realizada pelo TriDeux-Mots. O saber compartilhado pelos adolescentes foi organizado em funcao do tipo de escola, nivel de interesse politico, sexo e opiniao dos estudantes quanto ao voto facultativo. As evocacoes evidenciaram consensos e dissensos sobre o objeto social, destacando ambiguidades que revelam a dinamica politica da realidade social. Palavras-chave: representacoes sociais; eleicoes; politica; voto; adolescentes.