RS · Bento Gonçalves immediate region

Santa Tereza: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Santa Tereza with 76.07% of valid votes against 23.93% for Lula: a margin of 52.13 points, 55.70 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +48.51pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 1,750; 478th 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; 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 Tereza+52.13 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)76.07% Lula (PT)23.93%	+52.13 pts	Right bloc	85.37%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)71.73% Lula (PT)20.38% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.84% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.49% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.27% Zema (NOVO)0.28% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	+53.55 pts	Right bloc	84.46%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)72.99% Lula (PT)27.01%	+45.97 pts	Right bloc	87.06%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)66.60% Lula (PT)26.97% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.39% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.73% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.76% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.35% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.21% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	+42.60 pts	Right bloc	87.24%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)77.65% Fernando Haddad (PT)22.35%	+55.30 pts	Right bloc	84.60%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)69.65% Fernando Haddad (PT)13.66% Ciro Gomes (PDT)6.75% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.41% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)3.11% João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.81% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.38% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.15% Marina Silva (REDE)0.08% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	+59.03 pts	Right bloc	85.86%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)62.81% Dilma (PT)37.19%	+25.62 pts	Right bloc	89.06%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)57.21% Dilma (PT)38.31% Marina Silva (PSB)3.51% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.37% +4 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.22% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.15% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.15% Eymael (PSDC)0.07%	+15.61 pts	Right bloc	90.28%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)50.58% José Serra (PSDB)49.42%	−1.16 pts	Left bloc	88.45%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)50.95% José Serra (PSDB)44.42% Marina Silva (PV)3.57% Plínio (PSOL)0.91% +2 more Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.08%	−10.86 pts	Left bloc	90.08%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)54.66% Lula (PT)45.34%	+9.32 pts	Right bloc	87.97%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)52.77% Lula (PT)32.54% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)12.31% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.02% +3 more José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.22% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.07%	+6.26 pts	Right bloc	89.63%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.21% José Serra (PSDB)36.79%	−26.43 pts	Left bloc	85.53%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)49.17% José Serra (PSDB)31.73% Ciro (PPS)14.07% Garotinho (PSB)4.88% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.07%	−36.54 pts	Left bloc	88.57%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)46.31% Lula (PT)43.54% Ciro Gomes (PPS)4.36% Enéas (PRONA)2.77% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.67% Eymael (PSDC)0.50% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.50% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.34% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.34% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.25% Sirkis (PV)0.25% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.17%	+0.67 pts	Right bloc	86.69%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)32.09% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)29.99% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)23.19% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)8.00% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)3.22% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.84% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.37% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.30%	−24.16 pts	Left bloc	90.84%

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

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2002(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2006(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2010(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2014(Round 2)·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.