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Rio Grande do Sul

Capital Porto Alegre. 11.233.317 people (IBGE 2026), 8.522.545 electors, 497 municipalities. 31 federal deputies, 55 seats in the Assembleia Legislativa, three senators. On 25 October Flavio Bolsonaro won here with 57,8%.

Electors per deputy
274.921
11th fewest of 27 · a vote weighs 1,8× one in São Paulo
Turnout
78,6%
first round · runoff 80,8%
Quociente eleitoral
196.170
Chamber · assembly 111.036

Governor · Governador

Who governs
Rio Grande do Sul.

  • In office

    Eduardo Leite (PSD)

    Until 6 Jan 2027

  • Elected 2026

    Luciano Zucco (PL)

    Won in the first round, 4 Oct · takes office 6 Jan 2027

Governor, first round · 4 Oct · 6.055.306 valid votes
  • Zucco PL 58,0%
  • Juliana Brizola PDT 31,6%
  • Gabriel Souza MDB 8,4%
  • Marcelo Maranata PSDB 1,7%
  • Priscila Voigt UP 0,1%
  • Rejane de Oliveira PSTU 0,1%

President · both rounds

The national vote,
here.

6.702.903 voted in the first round (78,6% of electors), 148.339 blank and 131.518 null. Blank and null ballots do not count toward the majority (Constitution art. 77 §2).

First round · 4 Oct · 6.423.046 valid votes
  • Flavio Bolsonaro PL 55,6%
  • Lula PT 35,7%
  • Escritor Augusto Cury AVANTE 3,0%
  • Renan Santos MISSÃO 2,6%
  • Ronaldo Caiado PSD 2,5%
  • Zema NOVO 0,3%
Runoff · 25 Oct · 6.698.930 valid votes
  • Flavio Bolsonaro 3.874.378 57,84%
  • Lula 2.824.552 42,16%

Senate · two seats in 2026

Two senators
elected.

  • Sanderson (PL)

    3.453.316 votes · 30,1% · O RIO GRANDE PODE MAIS

  • Marcel Van Hattem (NOVO)

    3.449.053 votes · 30,1% · O RIO GRANDE PODE MAIS

Each voter cast two votes; the two most voted won eight-year terms from 1 Feb 2027. Shares are of all valid senate votes.

Senate · most-voted candidates
  • Sanderson PL 30,1%
  • Marcel Van Hattem NOVO 30,1%
  • Manuela D'ávila PSOL 17,1%
  • Pimenta PT 16,3%
  • Rigotto MDB 3,7%
  • Frederico Antunes PSD 1,9%

Chamber of Deputies · 31 seats · QE 196.170

31 federal
deputies.

6.081.271 valid votes for the Chamber. 24 seats went to lists by quociente partidário and 7 as leftovers. Maurício Marcon (PL) had 1,9 quotients of personal votes and carried 1 list-mate. Every step in the seat lab →

PL 8 · PT 5 · PP 4 · MDB 3 · PODE 2 · PSD 2 · REPUBLICANOS 2 · NOVO 1 · PC do B 1 · PDT 1 · PSOL 1 · UNIÃO 1

Assembleia Legislativa · 55 seats · QE 111.036

The state legislature.

Elected the same day by the same open-list rule: 6.106.995 valid votes, 48 seats by quotient and 7 as leftovers. Seats: three times the state's federal deputies up to 36, then one more per deputy above 12 (Constitution art. 27).

PL 12 · PT 9 · PP 7 · MDB 5 · PSD 5 · PDT 4 · REPUBLICANOS 4 · PSOL 3 · PODE 2 · NOVO 1 · PC do B 1 · PSDB 1 · UNIÃO 1

The 55 elected, by votes

Adri Cherini (PL, 129.492), Delegado Zucco (REPUBLICANOS, 128.599), Luciana Genro (PSOL, 127.601), Professor Cláudio Branchieri (PL, 123.437), Comandante Nádia (PL, 111.341), Guilherme Pasin (PP, 99.470), Matheus Gomes (PSOL, 98.813), Leonel Radde (PT, 93.787), Joel Wilhelm (PP, 88.572), Paparico Bacchi (PL, 71.922), Roberto Lucchese (MDB, 71.720), Adão Pretto (PT, 68.042), Luciano Silveira (MDB, 64.235), Beto Fantinel (MDB, 61.177), Dirceu Franciscon (UNIÃO, 60.456), Marcus Vinícius (PP, 59.574), Pepe Vargas (PT, 58.532), Kelly Moraes (PL, 56.436), Scalco (PL, 55.570), Delegada Nadine (PSD, 55.223), Ramiro Rosário (NOVO, 54.903), Natasha (PT, 54.027), Sergio Peres (REPUBLICANOS, 52.879), Gio Krug (PSD, 49.844), Jeferson Fernandes (PT, 49.047), Halley (PT, 47.138), Rafael Braga (MDB, 46.718), Ronize Damassini (PP, 46.061), Luís Fernando Pires (PP, 45.172), Delegada Ana Tarouco (PSD, 44.474), Nicole Weber Covatti (PP, 43.239), Dimas Costa (PSD, 42.677), Karen Santos (PSOL, 40.998), Salmo (PP, 40.703), Cláudio Tatsch (PL, 40.652), Humberto Matos (PC do B, 40.122), Eduardo Loureiro (PDT, 39.890), Ronaldo Santini (PODE, 39.373), Bruna Molz (PODE, 38.772), Zé Nunes (PT, 38.726), Capitão Martim (REPUBLICANOS, 37.589), Sofia Cavedon (PT, 37.165), Edivilson Brum (MDB, 36.864), Marcelo Arruda (PSD, 36.804), Miguel Rossetto (PT, 35.913), Elizandro Sabino (REPUBLICANOS, 35.727), Vanice de Matos (PL, 35.428), Daiane Mello (PL, 32.158), Diego Picucha (PDT, 32.004), Tiago Cadó (PDT, 31.162), Gilmar Sossella (PDT, 29.432), Junior Fox (PL, 26.463), Adriana Lara (PL, 26.129), Ali Klemt (PL, 24.733), Moisés Barboza (PSDB, 21.615)

Photo credits · 33 photos Eduardo Leite — Governo RS, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Luciano Zucco — Pablo Valadares / Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · Gabriel Vieira de Souza — Joel Vargas, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ubiratan Antunes Sanderson — Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · Marcel Van Hattem — Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · Paulo Roberto Severo Pimenta — Palácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil, CC BY 2.0 · Germano Antonio Rigotto — Antônio Augusto/Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · Frederico Cantori Antunes — CPERS Sindicato, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Maurício Marcon — Pablo Valadares / Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · Fernanda Melchionna — Cleia Viana, CC BY 3.0 · Giovani Cherini — Waldemir Barreto / Agência Senado, CC BY 2.0 · Alceu Moreira — Gustavo Lima, CC BY 3.0 · Maria do Rosario — Elza Fiúza/ABr, CC BY 3.0 br · Afonso Hamm — Gustavo Lima, CC BY 3.0 · Any Ortiz — Editorial J, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Pedro Westphalen — Vinicius Reis, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Covatti Filho — Luis Macedo, CC BY 3.0 · Osmar Terra — Palácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil, CC BY 2.0 · Bohn Gass — Bohn Gass, CC BY 3.0 · Danrlei — Gustavo Lima, CC BY 3.0 · Marcelo Moraes — Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · Denise Pessôa — https://divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br/divulga/#/candidato/2022/2040602022/RS/210001604642, CC BY 4.0 · Lucas Redecker — Pablo Valadares/Câmara dos Deputados, Attribution · Marcon — Lucio Bernardo Jr., CC BY 3.0 · Jessé Sangalli — Johan de Carvalho/CMPA, Attribution · Valdeci Oliveira — Portal de Dados Abertos do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral do Brasil (TSE), CC BY 4.0 · Felipe Camozzato — Carlos Ricarte, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pompeo de Mattos — Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/ABr, CC BY 3.0 br · Carlos Gomes — Luis Macedo, CC BY 3.0 · Juvir Costella — Itamar Aguiar, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bibo Nunes — Câmara dos Deputados, CC BY 3.0 · Busato — Daniela Cenci, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sergio Zambiasi — José Cruz/ABr, CC BY 3.0 br . Via Wikimedia Commons.