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Porto Alegre: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Porto Alegre with 55.84% of valid votes against 44.16% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 11.67 points, 8.10 points left of Brazil.

Toss-upSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −2.99pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 1,063,955; 1th 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; Has voted for the national winner since 2018.

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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.

Porto Alegre−11.67 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)55.84% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)44.16%	−11.67 pts	Left bloc	78.91%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.57% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)41.86% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)3.11% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.97% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.58% Zema (NOVO)0.52% Samara (UP)0.21% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.07% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02%	−3.73 pts	Left bloc	76.01%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)53.50% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)46.50%	−7.00 pts	Left bloc	77.72%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.83% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)39.11% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.49% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.93% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.97% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.41% Léo Péricles (UP)0.08% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.06% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02%	−7.87 pts	Left bloc	77.52%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)56.85% Fernando Haddad (PT)43.15%	+13.70 pts	Right bloc	77.25%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)45.43% Fernando Haddad (PT)20.12% Ciro Gomes (PDT)19.37% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.69% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)4.32% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.63% Marina Silva (REDE)1.45% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)1.36% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.78% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.64% Vera (PSTU)0.10% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.06% Eymael (DC)0.03%	+15.05 pts	Right bloc	77.73%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)53.98% Dilma (PT)46.02%	+7.95 pts	Right bloc	79.64%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)39.58% Dilma (PT)37.58% Marina Silva (PSB)13.85% Luciana Genro (PSOL)6.51% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)1.58% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.35% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.29% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.13% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−19.46 pts	Left bloc	81.04%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)55.81% Dilma (PT)44.19%	+11.62 pts	Right bloc	80.04%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)40.68% Dilma (PT)39.39% Marina Silva (PV)18.02% Plínio (PSOL)1.58% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15% Eymael (PSDC)0.10% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−18.38 pts	Left bloc	84.33%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)55.78% Lula (PT)44.22%	+11.57 pts	Right bloc	85.30%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)50.46% Lula (PT)29.74% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)13.87% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)5.66% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.13% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06%	+1.46 pts	Right bloc	86.56%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)56.23% José Serra (PSDB)43.77%	−12.46 pts	Left bloc	87.43%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)46.00% José Serra (PSDB)31.52% Ciro (PPS)11.80% Garotinho (PSB)10.05% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.57% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−36.97 pts	Left bloc	88.13%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.32% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)36.58% Ciro Gomes (PPS)4.99% Enéas (PRONA)2.34% +8 more Sirkis (PV)0.28% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.12% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.10% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.10% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.04% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.04% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.02%	−21.68 pts	Left bloc	85.16%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)41.82% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)30.00% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)15.33% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)6.83% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)4.70% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)0.96% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.19% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.17%	−14.30 pts	Left bloc	88.04%

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
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.