RJ · Macaé - Rio das Ostras immediate region

Rio das Ostras: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Rio das Ostras with 61.42% of valid votes against 38.58% for Lula: a margin of 22.83 points, 26.40 points right of Brazil.

Solid right

Lean versus Brazil: +27.93pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 107,740; 23th largest electorate in Rio de Janeiro
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.

Rio das Ostras+22.83 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)61.42% Lula (PT)38.58%	+22.83 pts	Right bloc	78.31%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)60.66% Lula (PT)31.90% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.14% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.38% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.42% Zema (NOVO)0.21% Samara (UP)0.15% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	+29.46 pts	Right bloc	76.98%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)64.13% Lula (PT)35.87%	+28.26 pts	Right bloc	79.92%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)59.38% Lula (PT)33.47% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.30% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.91% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.40% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.33% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.08% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02%	+27.01 pts	Right bloc	79.06%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)74.50% Fernando Haddad (PT)25.50%	+49.00 pts	Right bloc	81.60%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)66.31% Ciro Gomes (PDT)13.70% Fernando Haddad (PT)10.51% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)2.61% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.79% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.69% Marina Silva (REDE)1.41% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.70% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.67% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.51% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	+47.29 pts	Right bloc	82.89%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)51.37% Dilma (PT)48.63%	+2.74 pts	Right bloc	72.54%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Marina Silva (PSB)41.91% Dilma (PT)27.45% Aécio Neves (PSDB)24.28% Luciana Genro (PSOL)2.85% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.71% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.79% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.72% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.16% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−46.34 pts	Left bloc	75.97%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)53.19% José Serra (PSDB)46.81%	−6.37 pts	Left bloc	73.47%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Marina Silva (PV)39.97% Dilma (PT)35.67% José Serra (PSDB)22.90% Plínio (PSOL)1.08% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.07% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−53.81 pts	Left bloc	79.51%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)70.95% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)29.05%	−41.89 pts	Left bloc	80.89%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.75% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)29.04% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)16.90% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)4.07% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.12% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05%	−41.44 pts	Left bloc	83.74%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)65.65% José Serra (PSDB)34.35%	−31.29 pts	Left bloc	79.86%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Garotinho (PSB)49.65% Lula (PT)32.24% José Serra (PSDB)10.58% Ciro (PPS)6.98% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.52% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−78.84 pts	Left bloc	83.99%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)51.16% Lula (PT)37.38% Ciro Gomes (PPS)8.31% Enéas (PRONA)2.23% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.18% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.17% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.16% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.15% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.08% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04%	+7.54 pts	Right bloc	73.92%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)61.30% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)19.98% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)7.45% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)7.27% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)1.97% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.94% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.60% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.50%	+45.51 pts	Right bloc	78.72%

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