RS · Porto Alegre immediate region

Caraá: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Caraá with 58.94% of valid votes against 41.06% for Lula: a margin of 17.88 points, 21.45 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +16.18pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 6,518; 182th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Sul
Side changes: 0; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 8 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.

Caraá+17.88 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)58.94% Lula (PT)41.06%	+17.88 pts	Right bloc	79.61%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)54.11% Lula (PT)36.17% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)4.60% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.13% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.66% Zema (NOVO)0.19% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	+21.28 pts	Right bloc	78.31%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)54.45% Lula (PT)45.55%	+8.89 pts	Right bloc	79.13%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)45.59% Lula (PT)43.56% Simone Tebet (MDB)6.89% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.97% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.50% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.38% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.08% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	+6.89 pts	Right bloc	78.08%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)62.87% Fernando Haddad (PT)37.13%	+25.75 pts	Right bloc	80.25%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)49.11% Fernando Haddad (PT)25.75% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)10.49% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.11% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)4.37% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.87% Marina Silva (REDE)0.40% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.38% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.20% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.20% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	+30.58 pts	Right bloc	81.27%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)54.84% Dilma (PT)45.16%	+9.68 pts	Right bloc	80.21%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)47.25% Aécio Neves (PSDB)44.06% Marina Silva (PSB)7.43% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.56% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.33% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.15% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.15% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−10.89 pts	Left bloc	82.02%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.13% Dilma (PT)48.87%	+2.26 pts	Right bloc	82.19%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)48.62% José Serra (PSDB)47.10% Marina Silva (PV)3.58% Plínio (PSOL)0.42% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04%	−5.50 pts	Left bloc	85.07%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)56.77% Lula (PT)43.23%	+13.54 pts	Right bloc	85.32%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)60.82% Lula (PT)32.95% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.13% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.99% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.09% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02%	+21.88 pts	Right bloc	89.27%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)63.99% Lula (PT)36.01%	+27.97 pts	Right bloc	79.18%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)54.66% Lula (PT)28.11% Ciro (PPS)8.70% Garotinho (PSB)8.20% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.28% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	+9.33 pts	Right bloc	84.44%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)69.11% Lula (PT)21.15% Ciro Gomes (PPS)4.49% Enéas (PRONA)2.03% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)1.28% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.49% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.30% Eymael (PSDC)0.26% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.23% Sirkis (PV)0.23% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.23% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.20%	+44.26 pts	Right bloc	84.13%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2010(between rounds)·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.