RS · Erechim immediate region

Paulo Bento: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Paulo Bento with 72.19% of valid votes against 27.81% for Lula: a margin of 44.37 points, 47.94 points right of Brazil.

Solid right

Lean versus Brazil: +36.93pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 2,281; 431th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Sul
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 7 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.

Paulo Bento+44.37 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)72.19% Lula (PT)27.81%	+44.37 pts	Right bloc	87.72%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)68.80% Lula (PT)22.74% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)5.30% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.05% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.79% Zema (NOVO)0.26% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	+50.32 pts	Right bloc	86.23%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)65.94% Lula (PT)34.06%	+31.88 pts	Right bloc	90.20%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)59.15% Lula (PT)31.77% Simone Tebet (MDB)6.82% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.58% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.34% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.34% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.00% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	+33.30 pts	Right bloc	89.28%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)68.86% Fernando Haddad (PT)31.14%	+37.72 pts	Right bloc	89.69%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)58.94% Fernando Haddad (PT)21.81% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)6.92% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.86% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.49% Alvaro Dias (PODE)1.50% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.43% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.44% Marina Silva (REDE)0.37% Vera (PSTU)0.12% Eymael (DC)0.12% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	+42.80 pts	Right bloc	90.16%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)59.14% Dilma (PT)40.86%	+18.29 pts	Right bloc	88.00%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)54.43% Dilma (PT)40.10% Marina Silva (PSB)3.87% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.77% +4 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.30% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.24% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.24% Eymael (PSDC)0.06%	+11.12 pts	Right bloc	88.35%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)57.28% Dilma (PT)42.72%	+14.57 pts	Right bloc	88.79%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)50.47% Dilma (PT)42.85% Marina Silva (PV)5.37% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.69% +2 more Plínio (PSOL)0.50% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.12%	+2.31 pts	Right bloc	90.20%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)62.77% Lula (PT)37.23%	+25.54 pts	Right bloc	91.62%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)63.65% Lula (PT)28.18% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.29% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.00% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.54% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.20% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.14%	+29.07 pts	Right bloc	91.97%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.84% José Serra (PSDB)36.16%	−27.68 pts	Left bloc	87.81%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)58.98% José Serra (PSDB)23.55% Garotinho (PSB)9.94% Ciro (PPS)7.39% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−52.90 pts	Left bloc	89.49%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2006(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.