RS · Pelotas immediate region

São José do Norte: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won São José do Norte with 50.81% of valid votes against 49.19% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 1.62 points, 1.95 points right of Brazil.

Lean leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −4.27pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 20,676; 78th 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. Plus 3 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2014.

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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.

São José do Norte−1.62 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)50.81% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)49.19%	−1.62 pts	Left bloc	80.69%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)46.40% Lula (PT)42.41% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)4.43% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.77% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.47% Zema (NOVO)0.28% Samara (UP)0.11% Clariana Barao (DC)0.07% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00%	+7.33 pts	Right bloc	78.22%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)55.92% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)44.08%	−11.84 pts	Left bloc	82.13%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)52.62% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)34.52% Simone Tebet (MDB)8.09% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.54% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.67% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.36% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.12% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.04% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	−12.47 pts	Left bloc	82.17%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)51.82% Fernando Haddad (PT)48.18%	+3.64 pts	Right bloc	85.16%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)39.13% Fernando Haddad (PT)30.85% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)11.92% Ciro Gomes (PDT)10.09% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)3.37% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.36% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.10% Marina Silva (REDE)0.79% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.77% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.45% Eymael (DC)0.07% Vera (PSTU)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.05%	+14.79 pts	Right bloc	86.28%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)55.24% Aécio Neves (PSDB)44.76%	−10.47 pts	Left bloc	82.88%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)54.36% Aécio Neves (PSDB)34.20% Marina Silva (PSB)8.89% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.97% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.95% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.30% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.21% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−29.10 pts	Left bloc	83.75%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.77% Dilma (PT)48.23%	+3.53 pts	Right bloc	82.47%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)47.98% José Serra (PSDB)44.31% Marina Silva (PV)6.88% Plínio (PSOL)0.54% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.12% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.10% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−10.95 pts	Left bloc	85.53%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)54.53% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)45.47%	−9.07 pts	Left bloc	85.10%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)47.34% Lula (PT)41.51% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)7.55% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.40% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.10% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	−4.91 pts	Left bloc	86.82%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)61.83% Lula (PT)38.17%	+23.65 pts	Right bloc	86.18%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)49.84% Lula (PT)28.49% Garotinho (PSB)13.97% Ciro (PPS)7.17% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.51% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−0.33 pts	Left bloc	88.45%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)62.62% Lula (PT)25.21% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.70% Enéas (PRONA)2.94% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.80% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.57% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.55% Eymael (PSDC)0.52% Sirkis (PV)0.41% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.29% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.21% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.17%	+33.52 pts	Right bloc	87.41%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)51.04% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)17.44% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)10.47% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)8.74% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)7.17% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)4.28% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.52% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.33%	+44.18 pts	Right bloc	89.67%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2006(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2006(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2010(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2010(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2022(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2026(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.