RS · Frederico Westphalen immediate region

Palmitinho: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Palmitinho with 54.05% of valid votes against 45.95% for Lula: a margin of 8.11 points, 11.68 points right of Brazil.

Lean leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −4.02pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,955; 194th 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.
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.

Palmitinho+8.11 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)54.05% Lula (PT)45.95%	+8.11 pts	Right bloc	86.05%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)52.01% Lula (PT)40.02% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)3.33% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.79% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.67% Zema (NOVO)0.13% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	+14.35 pts	Right bloc	83.20%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)54.86% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)45.14%	−9.72 pts	Left bloc	86.77%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)54.50% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)37.99% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.06% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.80% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.40% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.18% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−14.61 pts	Left bloc	86.23%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)56.84% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)43.16%	−13.69 pts	Left bloc	87.60%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)45.78% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)34.31% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.76% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.78% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.34% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.47% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.79% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.36% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.23% Marina Silva (REDE)0.11% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Eymael (DC)0.00%	−9.89 pts	Left bloc	88.56%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)59.25% Aécio Neves (PSDB)40.75%	−18.50 pts	Left bloc	84.54%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)60.81% Aécio Neves (PSDB)35.00% Marina Silva (PSB)3.11% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.33% +4 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.25% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.25% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.25% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02%	−29.03 pts	Left bloc	85.76%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)63.72% José Serra (PSDB)36.28%	−27.45 pts	Left bloc	83.34%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)63.43% José Serra (PSDB)32.45% Marina Silva (PV)3.72% Plínio (PSOL)0.18% +3 more Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−34.74 pts	Left bloc	84.25%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)57.52% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)42.48%	−15.04 pts	Left bloc	82.89%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.54% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)46.44% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.83% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.00% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.12% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−6.74 pts	Left bloc	84.52%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)53.52% José Serra (PSDB)46.48%	−7.03 pts	Left bloc	81.43%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.78% José Serra (PSDB)37.24% Garotinho (PSB)8.68% Ciro (PPS)4.11% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−25.52 pts	Left bloc	83.52%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.92% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)37.62% Ciro Gomes (PPS)4.73% Enéas (PRONA)3.06% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.81% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.75% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.61% Eymael (PSDC)0.53% Sirkis (PV)0.33% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.25% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.22% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.17%	−16.30 pts	Left bloc	79.87%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)31.85% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)18.25% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)16.32% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)14.21% +4 more Orestes Quercia (PMDB)12.22% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.17% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.56% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.42%	+7.88 pts	Right bloc	85.46%

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
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.