SC · Lages immediate region

Rio Rufino: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Flavio Bolsonaro won Rio Rufino with 65.91% of valid votes against 34.09% for Lula: a margin of 31.81 points, 35.38 points right of Brazil.

Solid right

Lean versus Brazil: +27.04pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 2,423; 268th 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.

Rio Rufino+31.81 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)65.91% Lula (PT)34.09%	+31.81 pts	Right bloc	83.12%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)63.16% Lula (PT)29.33% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.95% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)2.15% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.35% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00% Zema (NOVO)0.00% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00% Samara (UP)0.00%	+33.43 pts	Right bloc	84.28%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)62.78% Lula (PT)37.22%	+25.56 pts	Right bloc	82.98%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)54.66% Lula (PT)37.59% Simone Tebet (MDB)6.41% Ciro Gomes (PDT)0.92% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.32% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.05% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.00% Léo Péricles (UP)0.00%	+22.99 pts	Right bloc	82.20%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)63.66% Fernando Haddad (PT)36.34%	+27.33 pts	Right bloc	78.16%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)50.58% Fernando Haddad (PT)24.31% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.78% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)8.78% +9 more João Amoêdo (NOVO)2.77% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)2.19% Alvaro Dias (PODE)1.91% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.40% Marina Silva (REDE)0.12% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)0.12% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.00% Eymael (DC)0.00%	+32.68 pts	Right bloc	79.71%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Aécio Neves (PSDB)54.67% Dilma (PT)45.33%	+9.34 pts	Right bloc	79.34%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Aécio Neves (PSDB)50.92% Dilma (PT)41.80% Marina Silva (PSB)5.37% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.84% +7 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.56% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.22% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.17% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	+4.76 pts	Right bloc	82.36%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)59.42% Dilma (PT)40.58%	+18.85 pts	Right bloc	77.38%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)50.85% Dilma (PT)42.32% Marina Silva (PV)4.85% Plínio (PSOL)1.52% +3 more Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.23% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.18% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.06%	+2.16 pts	Right bloc	82.60%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)70.40% Lula (PT)29.60%	+40.81 pts	Right bloc	80.46%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)74.42% Lula (PT)19.25% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)3.88% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)1.94% +2 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.45% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.06%	+49.87 pts	Right bloc	82.69%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)52.28% José Serra (PSDB)47.72%	−4.56 pts	Left bloc	81.70%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)42.46% José Serra (PSDB)37.26% Garotinho (PSB)12.52% Ciro (PPS)6.59% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)1.17%	−25.48 pts	Left bloc	83.59%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)72.81% Lula (PT)16.76% Ciro Gomes (PPS)6.25% Enéas (PRONA)1.50% +7 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.71% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.63% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.47% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.40% Sirkis (PV)0.32% Eymael (PSDC)0.08% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.08%	+50.20 pts	Right bloc	85.05%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)54.25% Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)22.54% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)10.60% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)6.64% +4 more Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.70% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.51% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.42% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.34%	+83.68 pts	Right bloc	88.74%

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.