RS · Pelotas immediate region

Cerrito: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Cerrito with 53.82% of valid votes against 46.18% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 7.64 points, 4.07 points left of Brazil.

Likely leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −12.94pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,307; 226th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Sul
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 8 elections since 1994. Plus 3 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2022.

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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.

Cerrito−7.64 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)53.82% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)46.18%	−7.64 pts	Left bloc	79.86%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)46.88% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)44.17% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.66% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.95% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.84% Zema (NOVO)0.24% Samara (UP)0.11% Clariana Barao (DC)0.08% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−1.45 pts	Left bloc	77.62%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.43% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)39.57%	−20.85 pts	Left bloc	80.66%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)57.18% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)32.99% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.84% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.97% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.53% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.22% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.22% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−20.31 pts	Left bloc	80.16%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)55.51% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)44.49%	−11.02 pts	Left bloc	82.59%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)38.26% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)34.73% Ciro Gomes (PDT)12.34% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)9.33% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.76% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.89% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.84% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.67% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.52% Marina Silva (REDE)0.42% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.10% Vera (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (DC)0.05%	−4.07 pts	Left bloc	83.22%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)58.37% Aécio Neves (PSDB)41.63%	−16.73 pts	Left bloc	82.53%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)56.58% Aécio Neves (PSDB)33.70% Marina Silva (PSB)7.15% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.34% +5 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.54% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.52% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02%	−30.48 pts	Left bloc	83.94%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)52.54% Dilma (PT)47.46%	+5.08 pts	Right bloc	84.75%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)45.60% José Serra (PSDB)45.36% Marina Silva (PV)7.89% Plínio (PSOL)0.85% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02%	−8.95 pts	Left bloc	86.43%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)50.27% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)49.73%	−0.55 pts	Left bloc	89.21%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)50.00% Lula (PT)40.93% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)5.90% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.02% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.07% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02%	+0.28 pts	Right bloc	90.34%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.41% Lula (PT)48.59%	+2.81 pts	Right bloc	81.49%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)36.45% José Serra (PSDB)35.59% Garotinho (PSB)15.46% Ciro (PPS)12.09% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.31% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.10%	−28.82 pts	Left bloc	84.12%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)46.01% Lula (PT)38.26% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.61% Enéas (PRONA)5.59% +8 more Eymael (PSDC)0.78% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.70% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.62% Sirkis (PV)0.54% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.30% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.22% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.22% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.16%	+6.10 pts	Right bloc	83.11%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2006(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2006(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2010(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2010(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(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.