RS · Pelotas immediate region

Santa Vitória do Palmar: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Santa Vitória do Palmar with 58.10% of valid votes against 41.90% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 16.21 points, 12.64 points left of Brazil.

Likely leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −14.48pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 23,324; 74th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Sul
Side changes: 3; 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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Margin in percentage points of valid votes (right − left).

Municipality, state and Brazil

Right − left margin in the 2026 runoff, in percentage points.

Santa Vitória do Palmar−16.21 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)58.10% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)41.90%	−16.21 pts	Left bloc	73.41%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)50.43% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)40.51% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.39% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)3.23% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.09% Zema (NOVO)0.14% Samara (UP)0.13% Clariana Barao (DC)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01%	−7.98 pts	Left bloc	70.97%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.54% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)37.46%	−25.08 pts	Left bloc	71.04%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)60.05% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)29.31% Simone Tebet (MDB)7.48% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.64% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.22% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.19% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−25.53 pts	Left bloc	72.59%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)51.33% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)48.67%	−2.67 pts	Left bloc	70.87%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)38.12% Fernando Haddad (PT)36.43% Ciro Gomes (PDT)11.29% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)7.51% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.62% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.20% Marina Silva (REDE)1.00% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.93% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.88% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.83% Eymael (DC)0.08% Vera (PSTU)0.06% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.05%	+0.66 pts	Right bloc	71.41%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)50.93% Aécio Neves (PSDB)49.07%	−1.85 pts	Left bloc	73.54%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)48.76% Aécio Neves (PSDB)35.68% Marina Silva (PSB)13.08% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.99% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.66% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.51% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.19% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04%	−26.87 pts	Left bloc	75.75%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)54.27% Dilma (PT)45.73%	+8.54 pts	Right bloc	76.36%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)45.19% José Serra (PSDB)44.98% Marina Silva (PV)8.93% Plínio (PSOL)0.64% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−9.71 pts	Left bloc	78.88%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)55.30% Lula (PT)44.70%	+10.59 pts	Right bloc	79.71%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)54.46% Lula (PT)35.08% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)7.17% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.09% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.10% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04%	+9.35 pts	Right bloc	82.21%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)66.99% José Serra (PSDB)33.01%	−33.97 pts	Left bloc	83.30%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)55.27% José Serra (PSDB)19.99% Ciro (PPS)14.81% Garotinho (PSB)9.47% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.42% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−60.02 pts	Left bloc	85.30%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)56.24% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)30.78% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.10% Enéas (PRONA)3.22% +8 more Eymael (PSDC)0.53% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.39% Sirkis (PV)0.39% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.36% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.35% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.27% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.20% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.18%	−29.47 pts	Left bloc	82.64%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)32.57% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)26.74% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)16.40% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)12.15% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)6.53% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.93% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.35% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.34%	+2.07 pts	Right bloc	86.73%

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(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2010(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(Round 2)·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.