RS · Lajeado immediate region

Arroio do Meio: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Arroio do Meio with 71.23% of valid votes against 28.77% for Lula: a margin of 42.46 points, 46.03 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +38.84pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 17,327; 96th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Sul
Side changes: 4; 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.

Arroio do Meio+42.46 pts
Rio Grande do Sul+15.67 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)71.23% Lula (PT)28.77%	+42.46 pts	Right bloc	87.43%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)66.53% Lula (PT)23.68% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.84% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.83% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.80% Zema (NOVO)0.24% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Samara (UP)0.01%	+44.89 pts	Right bloc	85.93%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)67.93% Lula (PT)32.07%	+35.87 pts	Right bloc	84.94%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)60.36% Lula (PT)30.53% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.63% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.15% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.90% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.33% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	+34.50 pts	Right bloc	87.69%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)73.19% Fernando Haddad (PT)26.81%	+46.38 pts	Right bloc	89.88%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)61.86% Fernando Haddad (PT)17.21% Ciro Gomes (PDT)7.27% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.52% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)3.89% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.45% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.61% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.39% Marina Silva (REDE)0.34% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.34% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.07% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.02%	+49.39 pts	Right bloc	91.35%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)57.85% Dilma (PT)42.15%	+15.69 pts	Right bloc	86.83%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)47.44% Dilma (PT)43.10% Marina Silva (PSB)7.26% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.12% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.57% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.25% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.19% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−4.20 pts	Left bloc	87.75%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)56.28% José Serra (PSDB)43.72%	−12.55 pts	Left bloc	85.82%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)53.65% José Serra (PSDB)35.27% Marina Silva (PV)9.86% Plínio (PSOL)0.96% +4 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03%	−29.14 pts	Left bloc	88.27%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)58.59% Lula (PT)41.41%	+17.19 pts	Right bloc	87.18%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)61.40% Lula (PT)29.85% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.39% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)4.12% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.12% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.09% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	+23.29 pts	Right bloc	88.86%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)56.78% José Serra (PSDB)43.22%	−13.55 pts	Left bloc	88.89%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.68% José Serra (PSDB)34.15% Ciro (PPS)8.49% Garotinho (PSB)8.38% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.25% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−31.70 pts	Left bloc	90.01%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)47.80% Lula (PT)38.22% Enéas (PRONA)6.29% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.44% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.41% Eymael (PSDC)0.38% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.35% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.34% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.29% Sirkis (PV)0.22% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.14% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.12%	+10.16 pts	Right bloc	89.67%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)28.34% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)27.58% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)18.76% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)11.15% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)9.66% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.99% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.28% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.24%	+22.53 pts	Right bloc	91.18%

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
2006(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2010(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2014(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.