RS · Pelotas immediate region

Pelotas: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Pelotas with 55.28% of valid votes against 44.72% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 10.55 points, 6.98 points left of Brazil.

Lean leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −6.86pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 244,401; 4th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Sul
Side changes: 5; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2014.

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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.

Pelotas−10.55 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	Lula (PT)55.28% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)44.72%	−10.55 pts	Left bloc	81.54%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.10% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)42.09% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.94% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)3.28% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.95% Zema (NOVO)0.30% Samara (UP)0.19% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02%	−2.65 pts	Left bloc	79.54%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)56.23% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)43.77%	−12.46 pts	Left bloc	81.83%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.82% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.40% Simone Tebet (MDB)6.79% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.69% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.61% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.48% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.08% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.06% Léo Péricles (UP)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−11.29 pts	Left bloc	81.58%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)54.41% Fernando Haddad (PT)45.59%	+8.83 pts	Right bloc	84.46%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)42.59% Fernando Haddad (PT)21.67% Ciro Gomes (PDT)17.34% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)9.88% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.47% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)1.69% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.49% Marina Silva (REDE)1.23% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.83% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.67% Vera (PSTU)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.03%	+15.93 pts	Right bloc	84.53%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)54.58% Aécio Neves (PSDB)45.42%	−9.16 pts	Left bloc	80.94%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)47.00% Aécio Neves (PSDB)33.83% Marina Silva (PSB)12.67% Luciana Genro (PSOL)3.97% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)1.21% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.67% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.46% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−29.99 pts	Left bloc	82.09%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)54.69% Dilma (PT)45.31%	+9.39 pts	Right bloc	81.91%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)42.85% Dilma (PT)41.03% Marina Silva (PV)14.38% Plínio (PSOL)1.49% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−14.00 pts	Left bloc	83.75%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)59.54% Lula (PT)40.46%	+19.07 pts	Right bloc	84.42%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)53.92% Lula (PT)29.12% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)12.94% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.73% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.17% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05%	+8.40 pts	Right bloc	85.55%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)52.20% José Serra (PSDB)47.80%	−4.40 pts	Left bloc	86.05%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)37.17% José Serra (PSDB)28.18% Garotinho (PSB)21.83% Ciro (PPS)12.03% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.74% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−43.65 pts	Left bloc	87.21%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.02% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)33.27% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.17% Enéas (PRONA)2.80% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.19% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.18% Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.07% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.06% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.05% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.04%	−27.12 pts	Left bloc	85.27%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)36.99% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)31.84% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)12.01% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)9.65% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)5.00% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.98% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.31% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.22%	+6.71 pts	Right bloc	88.70%

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