RS · São Gabriel - Caçapava do Sul immediate region

Santa Margarida do Sul: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Santa Margarida do Sul with 56.59% of valid votes against 43.41% for Lula: a margin of 13.19 points, 16.76 points right of Brazil.

Likely rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +9.28pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 2,830; 365th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Sul
Side changes: 0; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 7 elections since 1994. Plus 3 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
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.

Santa Margarida do Sul+13.19 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)56.59% Lula (PT)43.41%	+13.19 pts	Right bloc	80.07%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)53.57% Lula (PT)38.41% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)4.01% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.47% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.31% Zema (NOVO)0.19% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	+18.23 pts	Right bloc	79.00%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)50.05% Lula (PT)49.95%	+0.10 pts	Right bloc	81.65%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.81% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)42.29% Simone Tebet (MDB)6.42% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.05% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.24% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.14% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	−1.71 pts	Left bloc	82.42%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)57.02% Fernando Haddad (PT)42.98%	+14.04 pts	Right bloc	79.45%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)48.06% Fernando Haddad (PT)32.33% Ciro Gomes (PDT)10.11% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.88% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.36% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.90% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.90% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.65% Marina Silva (REDE)0.55% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.20% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00%	+12.62 pts	Right bloc	82.61%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)54.59% Dilma (PT)45.41%	+9.18 pts	Right bloc	88.96%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)46.13% Aécio Neves (PSDB)42.50% Marina Silva (PSB)9.88% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.69% +3 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.43% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.21% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.16%	−13.83 pts	Left bloc	90.97%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)58.56% Dilma (PT)41.44%	+17.11 pts	Right bloc	88.16%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)49.36% Dilma (PT)41.21% Marina Silva (PV)8.58% Plínio (PSOL)0.48% +3 more Eymael (PSDC)0.16% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.11%	−0.74 pts	Left bloc	90.17%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)61.63% Lula (PT)38.37%	+23.26 pts	Right bloc	87.06%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)62.15% Lula (PT)28.25% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)5.61% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.79% +1 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.21%	+24.71 pts	Right bloc	90.03%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.86% Lula (PT)48.14%	+3.71 pts	Right bloc	78.70%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)35.53% José Serra (PSDB)34.55% Ciro (PPS)16.45% Garotinho (PSB)13.13% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.34%	−30.89 pts	Left bloc	82.62%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(between rounds)·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.