BA · Itapetinga immediate region

Potiraguá: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Potiraguá with 62.98% of valid votes against 37.02% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 25.95 points, 22.38 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −27.58pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 7,859; 356th largest electorate in Bahia
Side changes: 1; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994.
Bellwether?: No; Has voted for the national winner since 2022.

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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.

Potiraguá−25.95 pts
Bahia−42.63 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	Lula (PT)62.98% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.02%	−25.95 pts	Left bloc	77.03%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)59.89% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)37.22% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)1.21% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.82% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)0.70% Zema (NOVO)0.07% Clariana Barao (DC)0.05% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.02% Samara (UP)0.02% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−22.23 pts	Left bloc	76.27%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)63.99% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)36.01%	−27.98 pts	Left bloc	65.19%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.89% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)32.97% Ciro Gomes (PDT)1.89% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.37% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.68% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.12% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.03% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00%	−29.62 pts	Left bloc	65.76%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)66.30% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)33.70%	−32.60 pts	Left bloc	61.68%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)58.46% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)29.66% Ciro Gomes (PDT)4.82% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)3.52% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)1.89% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.54% Marina Silva (REDE)0.44% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.25% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.13% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.13% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.11% Eymael (DC)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.00%	−27.94 pts	Left bloc	64.69%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)62.64% Aécio Neves (PSDB)37.36%	−25.27 pts	Left bloc	59.62%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.70% Aécio Neves (PSDB)26.13% Marina Silva (PSB)13.99% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.82% +5 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.18% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.08% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.04% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.02%	−45.90 pts	Left bloc	63.43%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)72.59% José Serra (PSDB)27.41%	−45.19 pts	Left bloc	61.12%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)70.16% José Serra (PSDB)19.45% Marina Silva (PV)9.99% Plínio (PSOL)0.20% +4 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% Eymael (PSDC)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.04% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02%	−60.89 pts	Left bloc	67.04%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)81.91% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)18.09%	−63.82 pts	Left bloc	64.33%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)70.21% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)24.28% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.65% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)2.63% +3 more José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.11% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.08% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.04%	−50.98 pts	Left bloc	67.85%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)60.21% José Serra (PSDB)39.79%	−20.42 pts	Left bloc	52.56%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)42.97% Garotinho (PSB)24.14% Ciro (PPS)22.94% José Serra (PSDB)9.80% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.15%	−80.41 pts	Left bloc	63.41%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)65.75% Lula (PT)19.35% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.29% Enéas (PRONA)1.38% +8 more Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.65% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.61% Sirkis (PV)0.58% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.58% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.54% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.46% Eymael (PSDC)0.42% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.38%	+38.02 pts	Right bloc	56.70%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)49.71% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)28.46% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)13.64% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.75% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)2.46% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.74% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.63% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.63%	+41.62 pts	Right bloc	57.93%

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

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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.