PB · Campina Grande immediate region

Areia: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Areia with 79.95% of valid votes against 20.05% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 59.89 points, 56.32 points left of Brazil.

Solid left

Lean versus Brazil: −57.12pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 19,067; 26th largest electorate in Paraíba
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.

Areia−59.89 pts
Paraíba−34.93 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)79.95% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)20.05%	−59.89 pts	Left bloc	83.57%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)75.06% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)20.20% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)2.38% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.40% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.76% Zema (NOVO)0.07% Samara (UP)0.07% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.01% Clariana Barao (DC)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.00%	−55.14 pts	Left bloc	81.41%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)77.84% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)22.16%	−55.68 pts	Left bloc	81.30%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)74.92% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)19.48% Ciro Gomes (PDT)2.96% Simone Tebet (MDB)1.82% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.39% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.19% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.05% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.05% Léo Péricles (UP)0.04% Vera (PSTU)0.03%	−56.01 pts	Left bloc	80.38%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)79.05% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)20.95%	−58.10 pts	Left bloc	82.89%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)59.07% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)18.67% Ciro Gomes (PDT)15.70% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)2.55% +9 more Henrique Meirelles (MDB)1.11% Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.07% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.71% Marina Silva (REDE)0.55% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.32% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.18% Vera (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (DC)0.02% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.02%	−51.38 pts	Left bloc	84.17%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)75.43% Aécio Neves (PSDB)24.57%	−50.85 pts	Left bloc	76.03%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)67.49% Aécio Neves (PSDB)15.55% Marina Silva (PSB)14.88% Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.85% +7 more Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.63% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.29% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.25% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.03% Eymael (PSDC)0.02% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.01% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−66.58 pts	Left bloc	76.96%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	Dilma (PT)66.44% José Serra (PSDB)33.56%	−32.88 pts	Left bloc	76.58%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	Dilma (PT)59.19% José Serra (PSDB)25.83% Marina Silva (PV)14.02% Plínio (PSOL)0.64% +5 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.08% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.06% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.01%	−48.04 pts	Left bloc	77.83%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)77.39% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)22.61%	−54.78 pts	Left bloc	81.48%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)66.93% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)25.15% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)4.22% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.78% +3 more Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.78% Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.09% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.05%	−47.87 pts	Left bloc	82.80%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	Lula (PT)53.80% José Serra (PSDB)46.20%	−7.60 pts	Left bloc	85.70%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)45.46% José Serra (PSDB)34.42% Garotinho (PSB)12.30% Ciro (PPS)7.48% +2 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.30% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.04%	−31.16 pts	Left bloc	86.89%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)42.54% Lula (PT)40.13% Ciro Gomes (PPS)9.89% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.49% +8 more Enéas (PRONA)1.38% Sirkis (PV)1.18% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.95% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.69% Eymael (PSDC)0.58% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.45% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.38% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.34%	−8.65 pts	Left bloc	68.05%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)64.24% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)25.14% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)3.43% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.96% +4 more Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)1.57% Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)1.42% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.79% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.44%	+46.88 pts	Right bloc	73.95%

Percentages of valid votes in the municipality. Turnout = voters over the electorate. Source: TSE.

When the municipality changed sides

1998(Round 1)·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.