Almost three and a half years have passed since the second round of the 2022 presidential election and, since then, the absolute majority of voters say they do not regret their vote in that election. This is what new research shows.
Of the total sample that answered the question “Did you regret your vote for president in 2022 or not?”, 90% of those interviewed said they did not regret their choice at the ballot box. Another 10% say the opposite.
That year, () faced the former president (), then in office, in a tight dispute that divided the country. The PT member received 50.9% of the votes, against 49.1% for his opponent. It was .
The distribution is similar when the result is broken down by who voted for each candidate.
Among Lula’s voters in 2022, 89% say they do not regret their vote, while 11% say they did. In this group, 1% declared that they did not know how to answer (due to survey rounding, the results do not add up to 100%).
The same pattern appears among those who say they voted for Bolsonaro in that election: 91% responded that they did not regret their choice, while 8% said they did.
Datafolha interviewed 2,004 Brazilians aged 16 or over from the 3rd to the 5th of this month. The maximum margin of error is two percentage points, and the confidence level is 95%. The research is registered with the (Superior Electoral Court) under code BR-03715/2026.
The result shows stability in relation to . In that measurement, of the total, 91% said they did not regret voting for president, while 8% said they regretted it and 1% said they did not know.
For Lula and Bolsonaro, the conviction rate also remained almost the same: 91% for the PT member and 92% for the former president. In the case of voters for the PT candidate, 9% said they regretted it and 1% did not know how to respond. Among those who voted for the name of the PL, 8% regretted it.
The results suggest that the choice made by voters in the 2022 second round remains consolidated. The level of regret, of 1 in 10 voters and similar among those who voted for Lula or Bolsonaro, points to a continuation of the polarized scenario of that year.
At the same time, the data indicates a degree of stability in political preferences, which should impact the 2026 election. Lula intends to run for re-election and an unprecedented fourth term and must compete against one of the sons of his then rival, the senator (PL).
