RS · Santa Cruz do Sul immediate region

Sinimbu: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Sinimbu with 62.92% of valid votes against 37.08% for Lula: a margin of 25.84 points, 29.41 points right of Brazil.

Likely rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +12.99pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 6,825; 176th 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. 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.

Sinimbu+25.84 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)62.92% Lula (PT)37.08%	+25.84 pts	Right bloc	85.05%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)58.20% Lula (PT)30.53% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)5.06% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.99% +8 more Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.95% Zema (NOVO)0.24% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Samara (UP)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+32.96 pts	Right bloc	84.45%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)53.70% Lula (PT)46.30%	+7.39 pts	Right bloc	87.97%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)47.41% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)44.28% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.84% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.34% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.48% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.46% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.15% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	+0.45 pts	Right bloc	88.90%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)53.03% Fernando Haddad (PT)46.97%	+6.06 pts	Right bloc	92.62%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)43.54% Fernando Haddad (PT)39.00% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)6.55% Ciro Gomes (PDT)5.91% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.01% João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.44% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.58% Marina Silva (REDE)0.33% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.32% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.25% Eymael (DC)0.04% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	+8.80 pts	Right bloc	93.96%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)55.09% Aécio Neves (PSDB)44.91%	−10.18 pts	Left bloc	81.83%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.25% Aécio Neves (PSDB)37.62% Marina Silva (PSB)3.22% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.52% +5 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.14% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.14% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.08% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−24.32 pts	Left bloc	83.91%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)78.43% José Serra (PSDB)21.57%	−56.87 pts	Left bloc	83.23%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)78.24% José Serra (PSDB)15.65% Marina Silva (PV)4.83% Plínio (PSOL)1.01% +3 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.11% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06%	−68.38 pts	Left bloc	85.09%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)53.52% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)46.48%	−7.04 pts	Left bloc	84.26%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)47.21% Lula (PT)46.97% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.02% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.52% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.24% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.02%	−5.02 pts	Left bloc	86.06%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)69.52% José Serra (PSDB)30.48%	−39.04 pts	Left bloc	84.38%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)48.74% Ciro (PPS)24.65% Garotinho (PSB)13.99% José Serra (PSDB)12.22% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.33% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.08%	−75.55 pts	Left bloc	86.98%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)46.19% Lula (PT)36.59% Ciro Gomes (PPS)7.67% Enéas (PRONA)5.94% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.73% Eymael (PSDC)0.69% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.58% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.52% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.46% Sirkis (PV)0.35% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.17% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.10%	+7.11 pts	Right bloc	85.93%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)38.57% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)26.88% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)11.01% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)8.32% +4 more Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)6.97% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)6.83% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.84% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.57%	+24.22 pts	Right bloc	87.43%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2006(between rounds)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2018(Round 2)·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.