RJ · Rio Bonito immediate region

Rio Bonito: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Rio Bonito with 62.21% of valid votes against 37.79% for Lula: a margin of 24.42 points, 27.99 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +27.89pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 45,420; 37th 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.

Rio Bonito+24.42 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)62.21% Lula (PT)37.79%	+24.42 pts	Right bloc	80.68%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)61.96% Lula (PT)31.13% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.52% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.21% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.82% Zema (NOVO)0.14% Samara (UP)0.08% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01%	+32.39 pts	Right bloc	80.01%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)65.18% Lula (PT)34.82%	+30.35 pts	Right bloc	80.01%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)59.75% Lula (PT)32.59% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.67% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.99% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.43% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.37% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.07% Léo Péricles (UP)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	+28.63 pts	Right bloc	80.19%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)73.26% Fernando Haddad (PT)26.74%	+46.51 pts	Right bloc	77.62%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)63.75% Fernando Haddad (PT)14.00% Ciro Gomes (PDT)11.57% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)3.22% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.22% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.22% Marina Silva (REDE)1.21% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.77% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.53% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.38% Eymael (DC)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	+45.53 pts	Right bloc	78.65%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)52.63% Aécio Neves (PSDB)47.37%	−5.26 pts	Left bloc	78.80%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)34.37% Marina Silva (PSB)33.27% Aécio Neves (PSDB)28.25% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.60% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.26% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.57% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.44% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−39.02 pts	Left bloc	81.98%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)50.74% Dilma (PT)49.26%	+1.49 pts	Right bloc	78.64%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)36.10% Marina Silva (PV)32.71% José Serra (PSDB)29.86% Plínio (PSOL)0.90% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.22% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−39.73 pts	Left bloc	83.41%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)64.60% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)35.40%	−29.19 pts	Left bloc	81.75%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)43.54% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)39.07% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)12.81% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.78% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.56% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.13% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.10%	−20.28 pts	Left bloc	85.78%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.15% José Serra (PSDB)39.85%	−20.30 pts	Left bloc	81.18%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Garotinho (PSB)57.31% Lula (PT)23.46% José Serra (PSDB)11.10% Ciro (PPS)7.61% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.48% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−77.81 pts	Left bloc	86.48%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)66.80% Lula (PT)19.64% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.79% Enéas (PRONA)2.48% +8 more Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.41% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.25% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.15% Sirkis (PV)0.14% Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.10% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05%	+39.95 pts	Right bloc	80.55%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)65.93% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)14.27% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)9.46% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)4.81% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.00% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.47% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.56% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.50%	+61.84 pts	Right bloc	86.68%

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
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.