RS · Bento Gonçalves immediate region

Bento Gonçalves: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Bento Gonçalves with 75.78% of valid votes against 24.22% for Lula: a margin of 51.56 points, 55.13 points right of Brazil.

Solid right

Lean versus Brazil: +52.79pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 92,065; 16th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Sul
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.

Bento Gonçalves+51.56 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)75.78% Lula (PT)24.22%	+51.56 pts	Right bloc	83.35%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)72.80% Lula (PT)19.66% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.68% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.52% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.86% Zema (NOVO)0.33% Samara (UP)0.09% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01%	+55.39 pts	Right bloc	81.65%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)75.80% Lula (PT)24.20%	+51.59 pts	Right bloc	83.69%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)69.12% Lula (PT)23.57% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.87% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.14% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.88% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.28% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.07% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	+48.45 pts	Right bloc	82.36%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)81.50% Fernando Haddad (PT)18.50%	+63.01 pts	Right bloc	83.01%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)71.33% Fernando Haddad (PT)10.96% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.43% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.91% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)3.84% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.50% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.71% Marina Silva (REDE)0.47% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.42% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.35% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02%	+63.49 pts	Right bloc	83.49%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)69.23% Dilma (PT)30.77%	+38.46 pts	Right bloc	84.39%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)58.73% Dilma (PT)29.42% Marina Silva (PSB)9.21% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.13% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.68% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.48% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.24% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	+18.99 pts	Right bloc	85.54%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)56.50% Dilma (PT)43.50%	+13.00 pts	Right bloc	84.10%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)45.85% Dilma (PT)41.21% Marina Silva (PV)11.49% Plínio (PSOL)1.17% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−7.95 pts	Left bloc	87.49%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)63.67% Lula (PT)36.33%	+27.33 pts	Right bloc	88.13%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)64.79% Lula (PT)26.45% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.86% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.70% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.08% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	+29.98 pts	Right bloc	89.05%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)59.31% José Serra (PSDB)40.69%	−18.62 pts	Left bloc	89.74%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.14% José Serra (PSDB)32.37% Ciro (PPS)8.67% Garotinho (PSB)8.41% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.38% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−35.26 pts	Left bloc	90.54%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)47.53% Lula (PT)42.87% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.02% Enéas (PRONA)2.95% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.17% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.16% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.07% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.06% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.03%	+1.53 pts	Right bloc	88.46%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)34.26% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)28.27% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)12.97% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)11.83% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)9.23% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.93% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.27% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.24%	+19.80 pts	Right bloc	91.06%

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

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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.