PR · Marechal Cândido Rondon immediate region

Mercedes: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Mercedes with 84.34% of valid votes against 15.66% for Lula: a margin of 68.69 points, 72.26 points right of Brazil.

Solid right

Lean versus Brazil: +64.01pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 4,928; 275th largest electorate in Paraná
Side changes: 2; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
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.

Mercedes+68.69 pts
Paraná+25.15 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)84.34% Lula (PT)15.66%	+68.69 pts	Right bloc	88.13%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)80.78% Lula (PT)13.76% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.55% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.31% +8 more Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.24% Zema (NOVO)0.29% Samara (UP)0.07% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+69.85 pts	Right bloc	86.39%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)82.38% Lula (PT)17.62%	+64.76 pts	Right bloc	86.22%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)78.78% Lula (PT)17.45% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.08% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.14% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.30% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.17% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	+62.77 pts	Right bloc	85.82%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)83.22% Fernando Haddad (PT)16.78%	+66.44 pts	Right bloc	85.19%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)74.19% Fernando Haddad (PT)11.64% Alvaro Dias (PODE)5.41% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.91% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.50% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.62% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.29% Marina Silva (REDE)0.16% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.16% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.11% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	+68.36 pts	Right bloc	85.98%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)67.87% Dilma (PT)32.13%	+35.74 pts	Right bloc	85.76%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)65.67% Dilma (PT)29.25% Marina Silva (PSB)2.56% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.80% +6 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.61% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.61% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.33% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.03%	+34.33 pts	Right bloc	87.01%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)54.63% Dilma (PT)45.37%	+9.27 pts	Right bloc	86.86%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)47.61% Dilma (PT)43.30% Marina Silva (PV)7.83% Plínio (PSOL)1.09% +2 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.12% Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	−4.43 pts	Left bloc	87.67%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)56.18% Lula (PT)43.82%	+12.36 pts	Right bloc	88.71%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)56.46% Lula (PT)34.95% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.60% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.50% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.22% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.16% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.13%	+13.91 pts	Right bloc	88.68%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)61.74% José Serra (PSDB)38.26%	−23.47 pts	Left bloc	90.85%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.55% José Serra (PSDB)28.59% Garotinho (PSB)12.87% Ciro (PPS)7.76% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.21% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−42.83 pts	Left bloc	91.79%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)49.84% Lula (PT)31.24% Ciro Gomes (PPS)13.98% Enéas (PRONA)2.72% +8 more Vasco Neto (PSN)0.73% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.36% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.25% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.25% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.22% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15% Eymael (PSDC)0.15% Sirkis (PV)0.11%	+8.10 pts	Right bloc	85.12%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)50.09% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)22.90% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)13.95% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)5.04% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)4.74% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.57% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.45% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.26%	+62.03 pts	Right bloc	86.26%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2006(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.