RS · Passo Fundo immediate region

Sertão: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Sertão with 69.38% of valid votes against 30.62% for Lula: a margin of 38.76 points, 42.33 points right of Brazil.

Solid right

Lean versus Brazil: +33.96pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,013; 236th largest electorate in Rio Grande do Sul
Side changes: 2; 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.

Sertão+38.76 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)69.38% Lula (PT)30.62%	+38.76 pts	Right bloc	86.95%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)67.19% Lula (PT)26.60% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.60% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.76% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.54% Zema (NOVO)0.22% Samara (UP)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+41.45 pts	Right bloc	85.38%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)66.21% Lula (PT)33.79%	+32.43 pts	Right bloc	87.53%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)59.46% Lula (PT)34.77% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.51% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.29% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.46% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.34% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.10% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.07% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	+27.73 pts	Right bloc	86.61%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)65.74% Fernando Haddad (PT)34.26%	+31.48 pts	Right bloc	89.47%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)56.52% Fernando Haddad (PT)24.57% Ciro Gomes (PDT)7.01% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.30% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.81% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.39% Alvaro Dias (PODE)1.52% Marina Silva (REDE)0.32% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.25% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.20% Vera (PSTU)0.05% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.05% Eymael (DC)0.02%	+35.50 pts	Right bloc	89.98%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)60.93% Dilma (PT)39.07%	+21.86 pts	Right bloc	86.45%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)55.53% Dilma (PT)37.30% Marina Silva (PSB)5.08% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.92% +5 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.60% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.28% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.23% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.02%	+12.71 pts	Right bloc	88.64%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)52.79% Dilma (PT)47.21%	+5.57 pts	Right bloc	89.11%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)48.07% Dilma (PT)45.56% Marina Silva (PV)5.55% Plínio (PSOL)0.60% +4 more Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02%	−3.58 pts	Left bloc	91.10%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)62.69% Lula (PT)37.31%	+25.37 pts	Right bloc	82.85%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)66.95% Lula (PT)26.68% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.65% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.48% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.15% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.07% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	+34.39 pts	Right bloc	85.13%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)54.47% Lula (PT)45.53%	+8.95 pts	Right bloc	83.12%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)46.34% Lula (PT)37.01% Garotinho (PSB)10.81% Ciro (PPS)5.58% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.27%	−7.33 pts	Left bloc	85.71%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.58% Fernando Henrique (PSDB)34.83% Ciro Gomes (PPS)10.13% Enéas (PRONA)3.58% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.60% Eymael (PSDC)0.46% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.39% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.35% Sirkis (PV)0.35% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.32% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.25% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.16%	−20.74 pts	Left bloc	86.57%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)28.39% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)22.66% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)15.99% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)13.00% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)10.38% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)8.42% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.76% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.39%	+17.21 pts	Right bloc	88.40%

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
2002(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.