PB · Campina Grande immediate region

Areial: how it voted for president

In the 2026 runoff, Lula won Areial with 72.64% of valid votes against 27.36% for Flavio Bolsonaro: a margin of 45.27 points, 41.70 points left of Brazil.

Solid leftSwing

Lean versus Brazil: −42.79pts; Weighted mean of the municipality's right − left margin minus Brazil's in the 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014 runoffs.
Electorate (2026): 6,598; 116th largest electorate in Paraíba
Side changes: 3; Times the leading bloc changed from one election to the next, in 9 elections since 1994. Plus 1 turn(s) between round 1 and round 2 of the same year.
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.

Areial−45.27 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)72.64% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)27.36%	−45.27 pts	Left bloc	86.65%
2026 10/04/2026	Round 1	Lula (PT)66.90% Flavio Bolsonaro (PL)27.13% Escritor Augusto Cury (AVANTE)3.39% Renan Santos (MISSÃO)1.61% +8 more Ronaldo Caiado (PSD)0.73% Zema (NOVO)0.14% Samara (UP)0.06% Veterinário Wilson Grassi (DEMOCRATA)0.04% Hertz Dias (PSTU)0.00% Edmilson Costa (PCB)0.00% Clariana Barao (DC)0.00% Rui Costa Pimenta (PCO)0.00%	−40.70 pts	Left bloc	83.14%
2022 10/30/2022	Round 2	Lula (PT)74.75% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)25.25%	−49.50 pts	Left bloc	83.39%
2022 10/02/2022	Round 1	Lula (PT)71.20% Jair Bolsonaro (PL)22.20% Simone Tebet (MDB)3.09% Ciro Gomes (PDT)3.00% +7 more Soraya Thronicke (UNIÃO)0.22% Felipe D Avila (NOVO)0.13% Padre Kelmon (PTB)0.06% Léo Péricles (UP)0.06% Vera (PSTU)0.02% Constituinte Eymael (DC)0.02% Sofia Manzano (PCB)0.00%	−48.57 pts	Left bloc	81.64%
2018 10/28/2018	Round 2	Fernando Haddad (PT)69.00% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)31.00%	−38.00 pts	Left bloc	84.09%
2018 10/07/2018	Round 1	Fernando Haddad (PT)49.06% Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)26.54% Ciro Gomes (PDT)17.50% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)3.46% +9 more Cabo Daciolo (PATRI)1.09% Henrique Meirelles (MDB)0.64% João Amoêdo (NOVO)0.64% Marina Silva (REDE)0.44% Guilherme Boulos (PSOL)0.25% Alvaro Dias (PODE)0.22% Eymael (DC)0.07% João Goulart Filho (PPL)0.05% Vera (PSTU)0.02%	−34.65 pts	Left bloc	84.07%
2014 10/26/2014	Round 2	Dilma (PT)62.41% Aécio Neves (PSDB)37.59%	−24.82 pts	Left bloc	78.79%
2014 10/05/2014	Round 1	Dilma (PT)58.91% Aécio Neves (PSDB)29.84% Marina Silva (PSB)8.80% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)1.10% +6 more Pastor Everaldo (PSC)0.57% Luciana Genro (PSOL)0.35% Eduardo Jorge (PV)0.27% Eymael (PSDC)0.07% Mauro Iasi (PCB)0.05% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.02%	−36.82 pts	Left bloc	78.21%
2010 10/31/2010	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)53.22% Dilma (PT)46.78%	+6.44 pts	Right bloc	79.55%
2010 10/03/2010	Round 1	José Serra (PSDB)45.57% Dilma (PT)42.86% Marina Silva (PV)10.69% Plínio (PSOL)0.63% +4 more Ivan Pinheiro (PCB)0.09% Eymael (PSDC)0.09% Zé Maria (PSTU)0.06% Levy Fidelix (PRTB)0.03%	−8.63 pts	Left bloc	78.34%
2006 10/29/2006	Round 2	Lula (PT)71.90% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)28.10%	−43.80 pts	Left bloc	83.24%
2006 10/01/2006	Round 1	Lula (PT)63.08% Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB)33.07% Cristovam Buarque (PDT)2.05% Heloísa Helena (PSOL)1.43% +3 more Ana Maria Rangel (PRP)0.27% Luciano Bivar (PSL)0.08% José Maria Eymael (PSDC)0.03%	−33.10 pts	Left bloc	83.67%
2002 10/27/2002	Round 2	José Serra (PSDB)50.95% Lula (PT)49.05%	+1.89 pts	Right bloc	84.15%
2002 10/06/2002	Round 1	Lula (PT)44.91% José Serra (PSDB)36.38% Ciro (PPS)9.25% Garotinho (PSB)9.21% +1 more Zé Maria (PSTU)0.26%	−27.25 pts	Left bloc	83.45%
1998 10/04/1998	Round 1	Fernando Henrique (PSDB)56.01% Lula (PT)21.81% Ciro Gomes (PPS)14.68% Enéas (PRONA)1.82% +8 more Sirkis (PV)1.30% Zé Maria (PSTU)1.20% Brigadeiro Ivan Frota (PMN)0.88% Eymael (PSDC)0.62% Sergio Bueno (PSC)0.47% Vasco Neto (PSN)0.47% Thereza Ruiz (PTN)0.42% João de Deus Barbosa (PT do B)0.31%	+19.63 pts	Right bloc	92.46%
1994 10/03/1994	Round 1	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)70.50% Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)23.03% Orestes Quercia (PMDB)2.37% Eneas Ferreira Carneiro (PRONA)1.91% +4 more Leonel de Moura Brizola (PDT)0.73% Esperidiao Amin Helou Filho (PPR)0.65% Carlos Antonio Gomes (PRN)0.65% Hernani Goulart Fortuna (PSC)0.15%	+52.49 pts	Right bloc	73.59%

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

When the municipality changed sides

2002(between rounds)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2006(Round 2)·Right bloc→Left bloc
2010(Round 2)·Left bloc→Right bloc
2014(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.