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Brasília: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Brasília with 54.28% of valid votes against 45.72% for Lula: a margin of 8.55 points, 12.12 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +19.33pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 2,258,995; 1th largest electorate in Distrito Federal
Side changes: 2; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 1 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
Bellwether?: No; Did not vote for the national winner in the 2026 runoff.

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Margin in percentage points of valid votes (right − left).

Municipality, state and Brazil

Right − left margin in the 2026 runoff, in percentage points.

Brasília+8.55 pts
Distrito Federal+8.55 pts
Brazil−3.57 pts

Negative = left ahead; positive = right ahead.

Margin over time

Right − left margin in each election (the runoff where there was one), compared with Brazil's.

Every election

Year	Round	Candidates (% of valid votes)	Margin (right − left)	Bloc ahead	Turnout
2026 10/25/2026	Round 2	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)54.28% Lula (PT)45.72%	+8.55 pts	Right bloc	82.70%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)51.31% Lula (PT)38.11% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)4.80% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.64% +8 more Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.59% Zema (NOVO)0.28% Samara (UP)0.13% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02%	+18.16 pts	Right bloc	81.10%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)58.81% Lula (PT)41.19%	+17.62 pts	Right bloc	83.28%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)51.65% Lula (PT)36.85% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.98% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.22% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.59% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.45% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.09% Léo Péricles (UP)0.07% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.03%	+17.57 pts	Right bloc	82.46%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)69.99% Fernando Haddad (PT)30.01%	+39.97 pts	Right bloc	81.08%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)58.37% Ciro Gomes (PDT)16.60% Fernando Haddad (PT)11.87% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.34% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.80% Marina Silva (REDE)2.00% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.68% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.68% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.82% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.69% Vera (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (DC)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04%	+37.22 pts	Right bloc	81.30%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)61.90% Dilma (PT)38.10%	+23.80 pts	Right bloc	87.36%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)36.11% Marina Silva (PSB)35.78% Dilma (PT)23.03% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.99% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)1.23% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.97% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.64% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−24.40 pts	Left bloc	88.34%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)52.81% José Serra (PSDB)47.19%	−5.62 pts	Left bloc	80.69%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Marina Silva (PV)41.96% Dilma (PT)31.74% José Serra (PSDB)24.30% Plínio (PSOL)1.65% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.15% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−50.94 pts	Left bloc	84.56%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)56.96% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)43.04%	−13.91 pts	Left bloc	84.33%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)44.11% Lula (PT)37.05% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)12.27% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)6.15% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.18% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.13% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.11%	−10.95 pts	Left bloc	86.12%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.26% José Serra (PSDB)37.74%	−24.51 pts	Left bloc	86.32%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.07% Garotinho (PSB)18.29% José Serra (PSDB)16.75% Ciro (PPS)15.27% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.55% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−66.50 pts	Left bloc	84.57%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)40.45% Lula (PT)29.73% Ciro Gomes (PPS)27.49% Enéas (PRONA)1.35% +8 more Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.23% Sirkis (PV)0.18% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.15% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.14% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.05% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.05%	−15.35 pts	Left bloc	84.51%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)44.76% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)38.69% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)9.73% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.60% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)2.10% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.36% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.43% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.32%	+7.75 pts	Right bloc	86.15%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2006(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2014(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc

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Official TSE results by municipality (1994–2026); the 2026 runoff comes from the TSE's official results publication. Every municipality's index can be downloaded at /dados.