SC · Araranguá immediate region

Meleiro: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Meleiro with 80.68% of valid votes against 19.32% for Lula: a margin of 61.37 points, 64.94 points right of Brazil.

Solid right

Lean versus Brazil: +61.17pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 5,868; 165th 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.

Meleiro+61.37 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)80.68% Lula (PT)19.32%	+61.37 pts	Right bloc	88.89%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)78.35% Lula (PT)15.76% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.09% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.95% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.51% Zema (NOVO)0.22% Clariana Barao (DC)0.06% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Samara (UP)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+64.19 pts	Right bloc	87.70%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)79.94% Lula (PT)20.06%	+59.87 pts	Right bloc	86.11%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)75.26% Lula (PT)19.17% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.05% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.64% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.60% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.18% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00%	+58.30 pts	Right bloc	84.24%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)85.60% Fernando Haddad (PT)14.40%	+71.19 pts	Right bloc	84.51%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)78.15% Fernando Haddad (PT)8.42% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.40% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.32% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.16% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.98% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.58% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.41% Marina Silva (REDE)0.29% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.27% Eymael (DC)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	+73.24 pts	Right bloc	85.50%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)70.88% Dilma (PT)29.12%	+41.75 pts	Right bloc	85.37%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)61.16% Dilma (PT)28.78% Marina Silva (PSB)8.51% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.41% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.38% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.36% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.30% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.04% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	+23.93 pts	Right bloc	87.09%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)66.48% Dilma (PT)33.52%	+32.95 pts	Right bloc	86.58%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)59.58% Dilma (PT)31.69% Marina Silva (PV)7.61% Plínio (PSOL)0.87% +4 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.02%	+19.29 pts	Right bloc	89.20%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)56.65% Lula (PT)43.35%	+13.29 pts	Right bloc	88.88%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)64.13% Lula (PT)28.74% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.76% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)3.13% +2 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.18% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.07%	+28.76 pts	Right bloc	90.74%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)66.03% José Serra (PSDB)33.97%	−32.06 pts	Left bloc	91.36%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.29% José Serra (PSDB)17.60% Garotinho (PSB)11.92% Ciro (PPS)8.71% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.43% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.05%	−64.80 pts	Left bloc	92.39%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)58.03% Lula (PT)28.95% Ciro Gomes (PPS)8.56% Enéas (PRONA)2.05% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.69% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.49% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.31% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.24% Eymael (PSDC)0.24% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.16% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.16% Sirkis (PV)0.13%	+21.74 pts	Right bloc	86.33%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)35.53% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)26.46% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)19.00% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)9.88% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.69% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)2.45% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.60% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.38%	+57.09 pts	Right bloc	87.56%

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.