RS · Pelotas immediate region

Rio Grande: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Rio Grande with 63.94% of valid votes against 36.06% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 27.89 points, 24.32 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −24.06pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 150,213; 10th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Sul
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 2 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2022.

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2026 runoff, colored by margin: pale in tight races, deep in landslides. Click a municipality to open its page.

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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.

Rio Grande−27.89 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)63.94% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)36.06%	−27.89 pts	Left bloc	75.44%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.17% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)34.62% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.44% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)3.09% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.13% Zema (NOVO)0.23% Samara (UP)0.17% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02%	−19.75 pts	Left bloc	72.70%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)64.37% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)35.63%	−28.74 pts	Left bloc	75.88%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.74% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)29.56% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.41% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.33% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.43% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.32% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.07% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Léo Péricles (UP)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−28.43 pts	Left bloc	75.77%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)53.55% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)46.45%	−7.10 pts	Left bloc	76.71%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)38.60% Fernando Haddad (PT)31.32% Ciro Gomes (PDT)17.05% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.49% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.92% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.63% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)1.26% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.05% Marina Silva (REDE)1.02% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.52% Vera (PSTU)0.07% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.03%	−1.54 pts	Left bloc	76.86%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)65.52% Aécio Neves (PSDB)34.48%	−31.05 pts	Left bloc	80.81%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.19% Aécio Neves (PSDB)26.34% Marina Silva (PSB)10.70% Luciana Genro (PSOL)2.94% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.86% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.53% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.29% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−45.63 pts	Left bloc	82.22%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)60.10% José Serra (PSDB)39.90%	−20.19 pts	Left bloc	82.32%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)51.86% José Serra (PSDB)31.13% Marina Silva (PV)15.97% Plínio (PSOL)0.86% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−37.55 pts	Left bloc	84.51%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)54.65% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)45.35%	−9.30 pts	Left bloc	84.81%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)45.17% Lula (PT)37.42% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)13.95% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.22% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.14% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04%	−9.19 pts	Left bloc	86.07%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)64.68% José Serra (PSDB)35.32%	−29.37 pts	Left bloc	86.31%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)51.19% José Serra (PSDB)27.01% Garotinho (PSB)12.53% Ciro (PPS)8.43% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.79% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−45.98 pts	Left bloc	87.15%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.84% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)32.91% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.14% Enéas (PRONA)4.25% +8 more Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.19% Sirkis (PV)0.18% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.14% Eymael (PSDC)0.11% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.09% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.08% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.06% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.02%	−24.93 pts	Left bloc	84.41%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)36.01% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)27.36% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)20.12% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)9.78% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)4.04% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.13% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.30% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.26%	+8.43 pts	Right bloc	87.76%

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(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(between rounds)·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.