RJ · Campos dos Goytacazes immediate region

Campos dos Goytacazes: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Campos dos Goytacazes with 57.91% of valid votes against 42.09% for Lula: a margin of 15.81 points, 19.38 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +19.47pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 370,463; 6th largest electorate in Rio de Janeiro
Side changes: 4; 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.

Campos dos Goytacazes+15.81 pts
Rio de Janeiro+6.20 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)57.91% Lula (PT)42.09%	+15.81 pts	Right bloc	77.35%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)59.10% Lula (PT)33.47% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.90% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.27% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.81% Zema (NOVO)0.18% Samara (UP)0.12% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	+26.84 pts	Right bloc	78.40%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)63.14% Lula (PT)36.86%	+26.27 pts	Right bloc	76.82%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)58.01% Lula (PT)34.16% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.18% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.60% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.58% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.25% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.09% Léo Péricles (UP)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.02%	+26.25 pts	Right bloc	78.06%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)64.87% Fernando Haddad (PT)35.13%	+29.74 pts	Right bloc	74.08%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)55.19% Fernando Haddad (PT)16.95% Ciro Gomes (PDT)13.88% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.56% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)3.55% Marina Silva (REDE)1.98% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.14% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.03% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.82% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.63% Eymael (DC)0.16% Vera (PSTU)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.05%	+32.91 pts	Right bloc	76.33%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)54.64% Aécio Neves (PSDB)45.36%	−9.29 pts	Left bloc	77.11%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)35.95% Marina Silva (PSB)31.49% Aécio Neves (PSDB)27.41% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)2.11% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.31% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.66% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.47% Eymael (PSDC)0.44% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.07% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−38.77 pts	Left bloc	80.66%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)52.85% Dilma (PT)47.15%	+5.71 pts	Right bloc	77.20%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)38.12% José Serra (PSDB)31.91% Marina Silva (PV)28.64% Plínio (PSOL)0.79% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.33% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−35.36 pts	Left bloc	82.31%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.65% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)30.35%	−39.29 pts	Left bloc	81.26%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.21% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)28.06% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)18.46% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)4.03% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.11% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05%	−43.39 pts	Left bloc	84.34%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)75.58% José Serra (PSDB)24.42%	−51.16 pts	Left bloc	79.50%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Garotinho (PSB)50.59% Lula (PT)36.77% José Serra (PSDB)8.28% Ciro (PPS)3.90% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.42% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−83.45 pts	Left bloc	83.50%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)58.52% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)30.96% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.34% Enéas (PRONA)1.88% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.42% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.19% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.18% Sirkis (PV)0.15% Eymael (PSDC)0.12% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.11% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.06%	−33.38 pts	Left bloc	74.08%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)43.53% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)29.48% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)13.22% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)8.34% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.29% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.11% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.61% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.43%	+14.61 pts	Right bloc	82.23%

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
2010(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2010(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(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.