Static charged perfect fluid distributions are studied. It is shown that if
the norm of the timelike Killing vector and the electrostatic potential sa
tisfy the Weyl-Majumdar relation, then the background spatial metric is the
space of constant curvature, and the field equations reduce to a single no
n-linear partial differential equation. Furthermore, if a linear equation o
f state for the fluid is assumed, then this equation becomes a Helmholtz eq
uation on the space of constant curvature. Some explicit solutions are give
n.