RS · Santa Maria immediate region

Júlio de Castilhos: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Júlio de Castilhos with 50.17% of valid votes against 49.83% for Lula: a margin of 0.35 points, 3.92 points right of Brazil.

Lean leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −4.06pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 14,987; 107th 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. Plus 1 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.

Júlio de Castilhos+0.35 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)50.17% Lula (PT)49.83%	+0.35 pts	Right bloc	81.00%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)49.86% Lula (PT)42.87% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.83% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.72% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.52% Zema (NOVO)0.12% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Samara (UP)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+8.54 pts	Right bloc	78.57%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)55.85% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)44.15%	−11.69 pts	Left bloc	82.47%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.06% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)37.04% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.99% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.43% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.21% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.21% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−13.05 pts	Left bloc	81.65%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)50.93% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)49.07%	−1.86 pts	Left bloc	85.10%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)42.42% Fernando Haddad (PT)38.73% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.50% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.26% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.21% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.13% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.57% Marina Silva (REDE)0.50% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.34% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.28% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.00%	+3.75 pts	Right bloc	86.02%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)52.79% Aécio Neves (PSDB)47.21%	−5.59 pts	Left bloc	78.07%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)48.42% Aécio Neves (PSDB)35.58% Marina Silva (PSB)14.22% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.89% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.33% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.28% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.17% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02%	−27.77 pts	Left bloc	79.92%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)53.72% José Serra (PSDB)46.28%	−7.43 pts	Left bloc	78.88%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)52.59% José Serra (PSDB)39.35% Marina Silva (PV)7.10% Plínio (PSOL)0.75% +5 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.11% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−21.00 pts	Left bloc	80.61%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)50.58% Lula (PT)49.42%	+1.15 pts	Right bloc	81.06%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)55.43% Lula (PT)38.93% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.68% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.85% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.05% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	+11.08 pts	Right bloc	82.36%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.31% Lula (PT)48.69%	+2.62 pts	Right bloc	80.74%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)41.99% Lula (PT)39.91% Garotinho (PSB)11.31% Ciro (PPS)6.58% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.20% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−16.03 pts	Left bloc	82.95%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.83% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)34.80% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.57% Enéas (PRONA)3.39% +8 more Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.40% Eymael (PSDC)0.40% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.40% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.40% Sirkis (PV)0.28% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.23% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.16% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.13%	−21.43 pts	Left bloc	81.75%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)34.01% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)28.30% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)12.47% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)10.36% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)8.71% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.39% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.50% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.24%	+7.03 pts	Right bloc	85.86%

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
2002(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2010(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(between rounds)·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.