RS · Santa Maria immediate region

Formigueiro: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Formigueiro with 52.22% of valid votes against 47.78% for Lula: a margin of 4.44 points, 8.01 points right of Brazil.

Toss-upSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +1.55pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,762; 203th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Sul
Side changes: 4; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
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.

Formigueiro+4.44 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)52.22% Lula (PT)47.78%	+4.44 pts	Right bloc	80.32%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)50.47% Lula (PT)42.09% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)3.39% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.75% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.16% Zema (NOVO)0.09% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Samara (UP)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+10.23 pts	Right bloc	77.77%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)52.27% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)47.73%	−4.54 pts	Left bloc	81.58%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.67% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)39.31% Simone Tebet (MDB)7.34% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.35% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.94% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.30% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−4.18 pts	Left bloc	81.18%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)53.76% Fernando Haddad (PT)46.24%	+7.52 pts	Right bloc	82.74%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)45.83% Fernando Haddad (PT)32.90% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.53% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)6.43% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.87% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.60% Marina Silva (REDE)0.65% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.46% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.42% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.30% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00%	+15.19 pts	Right bloc	84.34%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)53.05% Aécio Neves (PSDB)46.95%	−6.10 pts	Left bloc	90.33%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)49.66% Aécio Neves (PSDB)41.75% Marina Silva (PSB)7.01% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.81% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.47% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.14% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−15.22 pts	Left bloc	92.15%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)59.53% Dilma (PT)40.47%	+19.06 pts	Right bloc	82.16%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)49.73% Dilma (PT)41.49% Marina Silva (PV)7.67% Plínio (PSOL)0.90% +3 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04%	−0.37 pts	Left bloc	84.20%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)65.57% Lula (PT)34.43%	+31.14 pts	Right bloc	85.68%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)67.73% Lula (PT)25.60% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.13% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.28% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.18% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.09%	+36.00 pts	Right bloc	87.98%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)53.92% Lula (PT)46.08%	+7.84 pts	Right bloc	78.49%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)44.64% Lula (PT)36.97% Garotinho (PSB)10.54% Ciro (PPS)7.70% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.13% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−10.72 pts	Left bloc	83.34%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)50.12% Lula (PT)35.21% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.69% Enéas (PRONA)4.46% +8 more Eymael (PSDC)0.73% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.67% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.54% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.52% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.52% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.26% Sirkis (PV)0.23% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.05%	+12.26 pts	Right bloc	82.75%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)31.00% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)22.97% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)15.42% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)10.63% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)10.41% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)8.24% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.83% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.51%	+23.23 pts	Right bloc	85.50%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2014(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2026(Round 2)·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.