RJ · Itaperuna immediate region

Varre-Sai: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Varre-Sai with 63.31% of valid votes against 36.69% for Lula: a margin of 26.62 points, 30.19 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +27.17pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 8,788; 86th 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 2 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.

Varre-Sai+26.62 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)63.31% Lula (PT)36.69%	+26.62 pts	Right bloc	82.72%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)62.63% Lula (PT)31.21% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.57% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.77% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.43% Zema (NOVO)0.19% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.06% Samara (UP)0.06% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+33.73 pts	Right bloc	80.35%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)63.46% Lula (PT)36.54%	+26.92 pts	Right bloc	80.70%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)59.87% Lula (PT)33.46% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.00% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.63% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.51% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.42% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.03% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	+27.74 pts	Right bloc	78.27%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)66.43% Fernando Haddad (PT)33.57%	+32.85 pts	Right bloc	74.12%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)56.46% Fernando Haddad (PT)22.83% Ciro Gomes (PDT)10.08% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)6.49% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.07% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.94% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.86% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.55% Marina Silva (REDE)0.40% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.18% Eymael (DC)0.09% Vera (PSTU)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	+32.94 pts	Right bloc	76.11%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)58.17% Dilma (PT)41.83%	+16.35 pts	Right bloc	77.45%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)51.02% Dilma (PT)34.15% Marina Silva (PSB)12.16% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.86% +7 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.79% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.66% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.18% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	+5.47 pts	Right bloc	81.00%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)59.21% Dilma (PT)40.79%	+18.41 pts	Right bloc	80.74%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)56.60% Dilma (PT)32.64% Marina Silva (PV)9.39% Plínio (PSOL)1.01% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.25% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04%	+13.78 pts	Right bloc	83.81%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)53.04% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)46.96%	−6.09 pts	Left bloc	85.95%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)50.57% Lula (PT)36.78% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)8.44% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)4.08% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.08% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	+1.41 pts	Right bloc	89.14%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)62.89% Lula (PT)37.11%	+25.78 pts	Right bloc	78.21%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Garotinho (PSB)61.82% José Serra (PSDB)20.66% Lula (PT)13.16% Ciro (PPS)3.38% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.94% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−58.67 pts	Left bloc	83.61%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)77.47% Lula (PT)12.75% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.94% Enéas (PRONA)1.20% +8 more Vasco Neto (PSN)0.50% Sirkis (PV)0.35% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.32% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.23% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.03%	+59.51 pts	Right bloc	77.83%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)80.06% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)6.28% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)6.25% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.46% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.12% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.81% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.64% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.38%	+74.94 pts	Right bloc	84.33%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2006(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2006(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2010(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.