SC · Blumenau immediate region

Benedito Novo: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Benedito Novo with 83.22% of valid votes against 16.78% for Lula: a margin of 66.44 points, 70.01 points right of Brazil.

Solid right

Lean versus Brazil: +69.10pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 8,293; 122th largest electorate in Santa Catarina
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.

Benedito Novo+66.44 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)83.22% Lula (PT)16.78%	+66.44 pts	Right bloc	85.66%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)79.76% Lula (PT)13.10% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.65% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.23% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.88% Zema (NOVO)0.27% Samara (UP)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+69.10 pts	Right bloc	84.24%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)83.72% Lula (PT)16.28%	+67.44 pts	Right bloc	83.92%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)78.41% Lula (PT)15.43% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.47% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.44% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.58% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.50% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.14% Léo Péricles (UP)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	+66.21 pts	Right bloc	82.65%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)88.54% Fernando Haddad (PT)11.46%	+77.08 pts	Right bloc	83.73%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)78.88% Fernando Haddad (PT)8.21% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)5.24% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.49% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)1.87% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.37% Alvaro Dias (PODE)1.20% Marina Silva (REDE)0.28% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.25% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.16% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	+77.48 pts	Right bloc	84.07%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)83.14% Dilma (PT)16.86%	+66.28 pts	Right bloc	86.69%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)77.27% Dilma (PT)16.72% Marina Silva (PSB)4.56% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.50% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.40% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.29% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.22% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.00% Eymael (PSDC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	+55.57 pts	Right bloc	86.89%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)63.95% Dilma (PT)36.05%	+27.90 pts	Right bloc	87.52%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)57.04% Dilma (PT)35.68% Marina Silva (PV)6.41% Plínio (PSOL)0.69% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.05% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	+14.21 pts	Right bloc	88.51%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)71.47% Lula (PT)28.53%	+42.94 pts	Right bloc	88.96%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)74.07% Lula (PT)20.88% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.49% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.09% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.31% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.11% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	+49.08 pts	Right bloc	89.54%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)53.30% José Serra (PSDB)46.70%	−6.59 pts	Left bloc	89.36%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)46.20% José Serra (PSDB)34.55% Garotinho (PSB)10.05% Ciro (PPS)8.72% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.43% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−30.91 pts	Left bloc	91.12%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)70.86% Lula (PT)16.21% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.89% Enéas (PRONA)3.92% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.49% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.40% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.28% Sirkis (PV)0.28% Eymael (PSDC)0.22% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.16% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.14% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.14%	+50.89 pts	Right bloc	89.87%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)50.33% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)28.24% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)8.89% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)6.12% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)4.96% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.85% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.35% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.26%	+80.52 pts	Right bloc	90.55%

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
2006(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.