RS · Pelotas immediate region

Capão do Leão: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Capão do Leão with 54.33% of valid votes against 45.67% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 8.67 points, 5.10 points left of Brazil.

Likely leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −9.38pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 18,455; 88th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Sul
Side changes: 5; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2010.

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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.

Capão do Leão−8.67 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	Lula (PT)54.33% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)45.67%	−8.67 pts	Left bloc	81.57%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)46.16% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)43.47% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.99% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)3.09% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.78% Zema (NOVO)0.17% Samara (UP)0.12% Clariana Barao (DC)0.08% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.06% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.04% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−0.73 pts	Left bloc	79.45%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)57.15% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)42.85%	−14.30 pts	Left bloc	82.73%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.60% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)35.81% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.73% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.83% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.48% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.34% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.12% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−15.03 pts	Left bloc	82.62%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)52.26% Fernando Haddad (PT)47.74%	+4.52 pts	Right bloc	87.10%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)41.47% Fernando Haddad (PT)30.73% Ciro Gomes (PDT)10.72% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)9.17% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.47% Marina Silva (REDE)1.50% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.35% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.95% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.88% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.66% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	+12.06 pts	Right bloc	87.49%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)63.89% Aécio Neves (PSDB)36.11%	−27.78 pts	Left bloc	81.86%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)59.76% Aécio Neves (PSDB)23.52% Marina Silva (PSB)13.27% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.66% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)1.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.36% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.35% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.01% Eymael (PSDC)0.01%	−50.14 pts	Left bloc	83.59%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)51.04% José Serra (PSDB)48.96%	−2.07 pts	Left bloc	82.50%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)47.85% José Serra (PSDB)40.12% Marina Silva (PV)11.12% Plínio (PSOL)0.70% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−19.47 pts	Left bloc	84.47%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)54.15% Lula (PT)45.85%	+8.31 pts	Right bloc	82.20%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)53.29% Lula (PT)33.72% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)8.17% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)4.57% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.18% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02%	+7.09 pts	Right bloc	84.30%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.55% José Serra (PSDB)39.45%	−21.11 pts	Left bloc	84.98%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)41.46% Garotinho (PSB)24.16% José Serra (PSDB)23.90% Ciro (PPS)9.78% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.64% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−52.19 pts	Left bloc	87.44%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.73% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)30.06% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.61% Enéas (PRONA)4.12% +8 more Eymael (PSDC)0.48% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.38% Sirkis (PV)0.33% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.33% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.29% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.27% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.20% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.19%	−29.36 pts	Left bloc	85.74%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)34.88% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)26.68% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)16.27% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)14.63% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.09% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)2.88% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.38% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.18%	+0.97 pts	Right bloc	89.18%

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
2010(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left 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.