RS · Cruz Alta immediate region

Cruz Alta: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Cruz Alta with 55.85% of valid votes against 44.15% for Lula: a margin of 11.71 points, 15.28 points right of Brazil.

Likely rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +11.89pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 45,733; 38th 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 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.

Cruz Alta+11.71 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)55.85% Lula (PT)44.15%	+11.71 pts	Right bloc	78.55%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)55.08% Lula (PT)37.72% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.45% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.39% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.09% Zema (NOVO)0.13% Samara (UP)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.03% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	+19.59 pts	Right bloc	77.07%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)54.00% Lula (PT)46.00%	+7.99 pts	Right bloc	77.81%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)47.52% Lula (PT)45.53% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.24% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.06% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.28% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.27% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	+4.75 pts	Right bloc	77.46%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)61.10% Fernando Haddad (PT)38.90%	+22.19 pts	Right bloc	75.74%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)53.40% Fernando Haddad (PT)27.50% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.36% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.50% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.84% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.21% Marina Silva (REDE)0.61% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.53% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.53% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.42% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.02%	+26.06 pts	Right bloc	77.20%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)50.65% Dilma (PT)49.35%	+1.29 pts	Right bloc	76.22%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)46.53% Aécio Neves (PSDB)39.22% Marina Silva (PSB)11.69% Luciana Genro (PSOL)1.06% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.62% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.45% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.34% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02%	−19.60 pts	Left bloc	77.93%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)52.49% Dilma (PT)47.51%	+4.99 pts	Right bloc	77.03%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)45.06% José Serra (PSDB)43.54% Marina Silva (PV)10.53% Plínio (PSOL)0.70% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−12.73 pts	Left bloc	79.10%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)50.52% Lula (PT)49.48%	+1.03 pts	Right bloc	79.09%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)54.76% Lula (PT)37.72% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.36% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.05% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.06% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.01%	+9.74 pts	Right bloc	81.60%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.82% José Serra (PSDB)39.18%	−21.63 pts	Left bloc	80.81%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.40% José Serra (PSDB)30.21% Garotinho (PSB)12.61% Ciro (PPS)8.46% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.31% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−39.59 pts	Left bloc	83.20%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.19% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)34.47% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.78% Enéas (PRONA)2.91% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.13% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.13% Sirkis (PV)0.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.05% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.04% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.01%	−24.69 pts	Left bloc	81.53%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)32.71% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)28.16% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)15.96% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)10.81% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)8.77% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.07% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.31% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.22%	+2.66 pts	Right bloc	86.09%

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(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.