SC · Araranguá immediate region

Praia Grande: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Praia Grande with 65.98% of valid votes against 34.02% for Lula: a margin of 31.97 points, 35.54 points right of Brazil.

Solid rightSwing

Lean versus Brazil: +25.56pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 6,690; 147th largest electorate in Santa Catarina
Side changes: 2; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 1 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.

Praia Grande+31.97 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)65.98% Lula (PT)34.02%	+31.97 pts	Right bloc	84.87%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)63.01% Lula (PT)28.45% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.25% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)2.90% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.92% Zema (NOVO)0.37% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.04% Samara (UP)0.04% Clariana Barao (DC)0.02% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	+36.43 pts	Right bloc	83.03%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)59.00% Lula (PT)41.00%	+18.01 pts	Right bloc	83.74%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)51.87% Lula (PT)40.10% Simone Tebet (MDB)4.44% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.03% +7 more Felipe D Avila (NOVO)1.06% Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.29% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.14% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	+15.61 pts	Right bloc	83.54%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)63.68% Fernando Haddad (PT)36.32%	+27.37 pts	Right bloc	81.88%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)52.64% Fernando Haddad (PT)25.61% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.00% João Amoêdo (NOVO)5.49% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)4.55% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.05% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.48% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.42% Marina Silva (REDE)0.38% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.33% Vera (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (DC)0.00% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.00%	+30.98 pts	Right bloc	84.26%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)58.24% Dilma (PT)41.76%	+16.48 pts	Right bloc	83.66%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)47.46% Dilma (PT)39.06% Marina Silva (PSB)11.52% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.82% +7 more Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.58% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.33% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.13% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.07% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−4.10 pts	Left bloc	85.47%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)51.62% Dilma (PT)48.38%	+3.25 pts	Right bloc	86.68%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)45.85% José Serra (PSDB)44.75% Marina Silva (PV)8.43% Plínio (PSOL)0.84% +2 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.07% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.07%	−10.37 pts	Left bloc	89.21%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)50.69% Lula (PT)49.31%	+1.37 pts	Right bloc	90.07%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)57.13% Lula (PT)35.67% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.35% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.74% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.07% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	+14.49 pts	Right bloc	91.87%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)67.48% José Serra (PSDB)32.52%	−34.96 pts	Left bloc	82.51%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)61.03% José Serra (PSDB)19.05% Garotinho (PSB)13.70% Ciro (PPS)5.92% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.31%	−61.90 pts	Left bloc	83.82%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)55.94% Lula (PT)33.53% Ciro Gomes (PPS)5.84% Enéas (PRONA)2.36% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.58% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.34% Eymael (PSDC)0.29% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.27% Sirkis (PV)0.27% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.22% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.19% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.17%	+18.36 pts	Right bloc	82.07%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)36.02% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)20.90% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)19.67% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)13.81% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)5.99% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)2.69% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.54% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.38%	+52.83 pts	Right bloc	84.97%

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
2010(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.