BA · Valença immediate region

Valença: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Valença with 68.54% of valid votes against 31.46% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 37.07 points, 33.50 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −35.93pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 66,669; 20th 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.

Valença−37.07 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)68.54% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)31.46%	−37.07 pts	Left bloc	83.35%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)62.76% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)31.28% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.69% Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)1.82% +8 more Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.26% Zema (NOVO)0.05% Samara (UP)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.03% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.02% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−31.12 pts	Left bloc	79.35%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)68.07% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)31.93%	−36.14 pts	Left bloc	80.74%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)65.39% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)28.40% Simone Tebet (MDB)2.91% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.08% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.98% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.10% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.03% Léo Péricles (UP)0.02% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.01%	−35.08 pts	Left bloc	79.80%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)69.30% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)30.70%	−38.61 pts	Left bloc	84.01%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)57.35% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)27.14% Ciro Gomes (PDT)8.31% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)2.58% +9 more Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.05% Marina Silva (REDE)1.06% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.46% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.41% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.37% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.18% Eymael (DC)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.03% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.01%	−34.28 pts	Left bloc	83.56%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)63.94% Aécio Neves (PSDB)36.06%	−27.87 pts	Left bloc	73.29%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)55.79% Marina Silva (PSB)22.83% Aécio Neves (PSDB)19.33% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.90% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.63% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.19% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.18% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.07% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.04% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−59.13 pts	Left bloc	75.18%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)59.72% José Serra (PSDB)40.28%	−19.44 pts	Left bloc	74.21%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)54.94% José Serra (PSDB)27.26% Marina Silva (PV)17.21% Plínio (PSOL)0.39% +5 more Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−45.27 pts	Left bloc	76.67%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)76.31% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)23.69%	−52.62 pts	Left bloc	76.83%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)66.08% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)26.47% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.39% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.58% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.37% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.05%	−46.10 pts	Left bloc	79.44%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)61.26% José Serra (PSDB)38.74%	−22.51 pts	Left bloc	71.53%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)44.67% Garotinho (PSB)27.56% José Serra (PSDB)14.47% Ciro (PPS)12.97% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.26% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.06%	−71.05 pts	Left bloc	75.99%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)47.13% Lula (PT)36.28% Ciro Gomes (PPS)10.23% Enéas (PRONA)3.14% +8 more João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.51% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.47% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.44% Eymael (PSDC)0.44% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.39% Sirkis (PV)0.35% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.32% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.29%	+3.42 pts	Right bloc	70.88%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)54.19% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)34.16% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)4.26% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)3.60% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.34% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.18% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.66% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.61%	+29.00 pts	Right bloc	71.88%

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.