RS · Cachoeira do Sul immediate region

Cachoeira do Sul: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Cachoeira do Sul with 59.43% of valid votes against 40.57% for Lula: a margin of 18.86 points, 22.43 points right of Brazil.

Solid right

Lean versus Brazil: +21.18pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 64,494; 23th 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. 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.

Cachoeira do Sul+18.86 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)59.43% Lula (PT)40.57%	+18.86 pts	Right bloc	74.70%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)57.65% Lula (PT)33.19% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)3.28% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.76% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.64% Zema (NOVO)0.25% Clariana Barao (DC)0.08% Samara (UP)0.07% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	+27.83 pts	Right bloc	72.00%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)60.10% Lula (PT)39.90%	+20.20 pts	Right bloc	74.67%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)51.80% Lula (PT)38.60% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.88% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.55% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.54% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.47% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.09% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.01%	+17.57 pts	Right bloc	74.01%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)66.42% Fernando Haddad (PT)33.58%	+32.83 pts	Right bloc	73.37%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)56.39% Fernando Haddad (PT)20.45% Ciro Gomes (PDT)9.66% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)7.00% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.83% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.80% Marina Silva (REDE)1.15% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.61% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.54% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.45% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.03%	+36.19 pts	Right bloc	74.47%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)53.83% Dilma (PT)46.17%	+7.66 pts	Right bloc	75.77%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)44.28% Aécio Neves (PSDB)42.85% Marina Silva (PSB)10.25% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.24% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.62% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.38% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.29% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−12.91 pts	Left bloc	77.49%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)53.76% Dilma (PT)46.24%	+7.52 pts	Right bloc	77.51%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)45.24% Dilma (PT)43.24% Marina Silva (PV)10.51% Plínio (PSOL)0.79% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−9.23 pts	Left bloc	79.68%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)59.09% Lula (PT)40.91%	+18.19 pts	Right bloc	79.89%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)62.43% Lula (PT)27.29% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)6.40% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.66% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.12% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05%	+25.31 pts	Right bloc	81.79%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)61.37% José Serra (PSDB)38.63%	−22.74 pts	Left bloc	81.97%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.49% José Serra (PSDB)28.02% Ciro (PPS)11.64% Garotinho (PSB)11.52% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.28% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−43.96 pts	Left bloc	84.39%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.31% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)38.10% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.09% Enéas (PRONA)2.72% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.17% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.14% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.12% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.05% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.03%	−17.75 pts	Left bloc	82.39%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)32.55% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)31.80% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)14.92% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)9.22% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)6.88% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.92% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.40% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.31%	+5.06 pts	Right bloc	87.23%

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
2006(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.