SC · Araranguá immediate region

Balneário Gaivota: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Balneário Gaivota with 65.24% of valid votes against 34.76% for Lula: a margin of 30.47 points, 34.04 points right of Brazil.

Solid right

Lean versus Brazil: +30.42pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 12,989; 84th largest electorate in Santa Catarina
Side changes: 2; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 8 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.

Balneário Gaivota+30.47 pts
Santa Catarina+38.84 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)65.24% Lula (PT)34.76%	+30.47 pts	Right bloc	78.92%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)63.51% Lula (PT)28.95% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.54% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.24% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.41% Zema (NOVO)0.22% Samara (UP)0.06% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+34.81 pts	Right bloc	76.38%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)64.67% Lula (PT)35.33%	+29.33 pts	Right bloc	77.83%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)58.12% Lula (PT)34.93% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.20% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.04% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.44% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.17% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.03% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.01% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	+25.93 pts	Right bloc	76.35%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)73.55% Fernando Haddad (PT)26.45%	+47.11 pts	Right bloc	74.81%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)64.26% Fernando Haddad (PT)17.54% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.00% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.72% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.94% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.51% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.63% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.47% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.47% Marina Silva (REDE)0.37% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	+47.12 pts	Right bloc	76.36%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)51.17% Aécio Neves (PSDB)48.83%	−2.34 pts	Left bloc	78.44%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)44.43% Aécio Neves (PSDB)39.30% Marina Silva (PSB)13.60% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.96% +7 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.70% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.62% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.23% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−19.40 pts	Left bloc	80.62%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)50.68% José Serra (PSDB)49.32%	−1.37 pts	Left bloc	79.00%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)45.82% José Serra (PSDB)39.21% Marina Silva (PV)14.27% Plínio (PSOL)0.50% +5 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	−21.36 pts	Left bloc	82.00%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)62.43% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)37.57%	−24.85 pts	Left bloc	80.24%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)46.45% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)42.13% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.81% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)4.52% +2 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)1.87% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.22%	−11.56 pts	Left bloc	83.41%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)67.57% José Serra (PSDB)32.43%	−35.13 pts	Left bloc	82.01%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)58.96% Garotinho (PSB)16.52% José Serra (PSDB)14.76% Ciro (PPS)9.43% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.30% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.03%	−70.48 pts	Left bloc	83.64%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)49.57% Lula (PT)40.82% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.92% Enéas (PRONA)1.89% +7 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.56% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.43% Eymael (PSDC)0.30% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.21% Sirkis (PV)0.17% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04%	+4.12 pts	Right bloc	82.55%

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
2018(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.