RS · Santa Maria immediate region

Santa Maria: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Santa Maria with 51.66% of valid votes against 48.34% for Lula: a margin of 3.32 points, 6.89 points right of Brazil.

Likely rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +8.98pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 207,055; 5th 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; 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 Maria+3.32 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)51.66% Lula (PT)48.34%	+3.32 pts	Right bloc	78.57%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)49.48% Lula (PT)41.85% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.87% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.65% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.56% Zema (NOVO)0.32% Samara (UP)0.11% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.05% Clariana Barao (DC)0.04% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02%	+10.13 pts	Right bloc	76.31%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)52.29% Lula (PT)47.71%	+4.58 pts	Right bloc	79.35%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)45.44% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)45.07% Simone Tebet (MDB)5.37% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.76% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.76% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.40% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.07% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	+3.30 pts	Right bloc	79.05%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)61.46% Fernando Haddad (PT)38.54%	+22.93 pts	Right bloc	78.70%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)51.85% Fernando Haddad (PT)21.08% Ciro Gomes (PDT)14.15% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.34% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.43% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.76% Marina Silva (REDE)1.11% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.79% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.74% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.49% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.19% Vera (PSTU)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.02%	+25.26 pts	Right bloc	79.34%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)57.25% Dilma (PT)42.75%	+14.50 pts	Right bloc	80.09%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)43.44% Dilma (PT)37.91% Marina Silva (PSB)13.73% Luciana Genro (PSOL)3.07% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.78% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.61% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.30% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−11.24 pts	Left bloc	81.25%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)53.66% Dilma (PT)46.34%	+7.32 pts	Right bloc	81.05%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)42.42% José Serra (PSDB)41.46% Marina Silva (PV)14.81% Plínio (PSOL)1.08% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.05% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−16.88 pts	Left bloc	83.47%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)63.38% Lula (PT)36.62%	+26.77 pts	Right bloc	83.97%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)60.16% Lula (PT)26.15% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)9.90% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.63% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.08% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.03%	+20.65 pts	Right bloc	84.81%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)55.87% José Serra (PSDB)44.13%	−11.74 pts	Left bloc	85.35%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)42.70% José Serra (PSDB)31.03% Garotinho (PSB)14.38% Ciro (PPS)11.38% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.46% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−37.94 pts	Left bloc	86.53%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)58.68% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)31.53% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.23% Enéas (PRONA)2.78% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.21% Sirkis (PV)0.16% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.14% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.05% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.04% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.03%	−30.79 pts	Left bloc	83.32%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)35.78% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)27.98% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)15.04% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)11.87% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)5.69% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.16% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.25% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.24%	−1.63 pts	Left bloc	86.68%

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
2010(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.