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São João de Meriti: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won São João de Meriti with 55.73% of valid votes against 44.27% for Lula: a margin of 11.46 points, 15.03 points right of Brazil.

Solid right

Lean versus Brazil: +16.24pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 340,144; 8th 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.
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.

São João de Meriti+11.46 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)55.73% Lula (PT)44.27%	+11.46 pts	Right bloc	81.95%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)56.48% Lula (PT)36.75% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.36% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.99% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.99% Zema (NOVO)0.15% Samara (UP)0.14% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	+21.35 pts	Right bloc	81.37%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)60.04% Lula (PT)39.96%	+20.08 pts	Right bloc	77.68%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)54.30% Lula (PT)38.93% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.07% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.64% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.54% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.26% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.10% Léo Péricles (UP)0.08% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	+16.55 pts	Right bloc	76.85%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)71.46% Fernando Haddad (PT)28.54%	+42.92 pts	Right bloc	75.45%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)64.29% Fernando Haddad (PT)15.23% Ciro Gomes (PDT)11.22% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)3.38% +9 more Marina Silva (REDE)1.69% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.68% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.82% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.66% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.49% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.39% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03%	+42.54 pts	Right bloc	76.91%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)65.99% Aécio Neves (PSDB)34.01%	−31.99 pts	Left bloc	77.68%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)42.09% Marina Silva (PSB)34.75% Aécio Neves (PSDB)16.77% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)2.43% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)2.02% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)1.07% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.45% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.18% Eymael (PSDC)0.14% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.09% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−59.17 pts	Left bloc	80.74%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)73.19% José Serra (PSDB)26.81%	−46.38 pts	Left bloc	79.79%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)53.54% Marina Silva (PV)31.40% José Serra (PSDB)12.98% Plínio (PSOL)1.50% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.24% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.18% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−73.36 pts	Left bloc	84.20%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)80.98% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)19.02%	−61.95 pts	Left bloc	83.78%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.04% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)18.93% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)16.78% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.85% +3 more José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.17% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.16% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07%	−61.32 pts	Left bloc	86.60%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)86.22% José Serra (PSDB)13.78%	−72.44 pts	Left bloc	84.46%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Garotinho (PSB)55.07% Lula (PT)34.82% Ciro (PPS)5.19% José Serra (PSDB)4.24% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.64% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−91.52 pts	Left bloc	86.68%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)46.67% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)39.93% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.68% Enéas (PRONA)4.30% +8 more Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.28% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.27% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.26% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.19% Eymael (PSDC)0.15% Sirkis (PV)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.09%	−9.95 pts	Left bloc	80.62%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)40.25% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)22.46% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)16.97% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)15.31% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.70% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)1.12% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.61% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.58%	+21.14 pts	Right bloc	85.44%

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
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.